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QAIPM-2011-Ph-1894: NEET 2011 Physics - Class 12 AIPM-2011-Ph-1894 Solution: A radioactive nucleus of mass M emits a photon of frequency \(…
A radioactive nucleus of mass M emits a photon of frequency and the nucleus recoils. The recoil energy will be
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Momentum Mu = E c = h v c
Recoil energy :
1 2 M u 2 = 1 2 M 2 u 2 M
= 1 2 M ( h v c ) 2
= h 2 _ 2 2 M c