THE MOSSBAUER EFFECT

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1960

OSTI ID:4156329

Lustig, H

The recent discovery and several important applications of recoilless gamma-ray fluorescence are reviewed. The importance of the fluorescence technique and its limitations, before Mossbauer's discovery, are discussed. Mossbauer's pioneering experiments are briefly described and Lipkin's simple theoretical explanation of recoilless gamma emission is presented. From among the large number of recent experiments which make use of the Mossbauer effect, two groups are selected for discussion. The first is concerned with the discovery of nuclear and magnetic properties of Fe/sup 57/ : the other with a test of the principle of equivalence in general relativity, by a measurement of the gravitational shift in the frequency of radiation. (auth)

• Research Organization: Illinois. Univ., Urbana
• NSA Number: NSA-14-023576
• OSTI ID: 4156329
• Report Number(s): TID-6216
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

FLUORESCENCE
FREQUENCY
GAMMA RADIATION
GRAVITATION
IRON 57
MAGNETISM
MEASURED VALUES
MOESSBAUER EFFECT
NUCLEAR STRUCTURE
PHYSICS
RECOILS
RELATIVITY THEORY
SPECTRAL SHIFT