Etymology

Mössbauer effect

Today it means: the resonant and recoil-free emission and absorption of gamma rays by atoms in the solid state; the basis of a type of spectroscopy with applications in both physics and chemistry Full definition →

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After Rudolf Mössbauer, German physicist.

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