On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 3:52 PM, <mix...@bigpond.com> wrote: > 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.
Yes...and? Harry
