Gamma Emission
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About This Question
- Subject
- physics
- Chapter
- atoms and nuclei
- Topic
- gamma emission
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Year
- 2025
Solution
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Lower excited nucleus to ground state
Gamma (γ) emission occurs when a nucleus in an excited state transitions to a lower energy state (the ground state). Unlike alpha or beta decay, gamma emission is a pure electromagnetic transition. There is no change in the number of protons (Z) or neutrons (A); the nucleus simply sheds excess energy in the form of high-energy photons.
This hard difficulty physics question is from the chapter atoms and nuclei, covering the topic of gamma emission. It appeared in the 2025 exam.
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