In reply to H LV's message of Sat, 5 Mar 2016 11:48:56 -0500: Hi, [snip] >In the Mössbauer effect when nucleus emits a photon all the recoil >energy is absorbed by the lattice as a whole due to the quantization >of the vibrational states of the lattice. I think this process could >be inverted where the vibrational energy of the lattice is absorbed by >a nucleus. > > >Harry
There is very little recoil energy during gamma-ray emission. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
