On Mar 5, 2016 8:15 PM, <mix...@bigpond.com> wrote: > > In reply to H LV's message of Sat, 5 Mar 2016 16:00:49 -0500: > Hi, > [snip] > >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? > > ...IOW the normal process is little energy shared with the lattice. Now you want > to "invert" the process but have a lot of energy concentrated in the nucleus. > What I am suggesting is that this wouldn't even be a true inversion of the > original process.
This process would need to be repeated millions or billions of times to concentrate a lot of energy in the nucleus. If you can think of a better descriptor then please do. Harry
