Mössbauer effect

English

Etymology

After Rudolf Mössbauer, German physicist.

Noun

Mössbauer effect (plural Mössbauer effects)

1. (physics) 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

Synonyms

• nuclear gamma resonance fluorescence

Translations

emission and absorption

• French: effet Mössbauer m