MÖSSBAUER EFFECT


Meaning of MÖSSBAUER EFFECT in English

Physics.

the phenomenon in which an atom in a crystal undergoes no recoil when emitting a gamma ray, giving all the emitted energy to the gamma ray, resulting in a sharply defined wavelength.

[ 1955-60; named after R. MÖSSBAUER ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .