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photodisintegration

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Nuclear disintegration or transformation caused by absorption of high-energy radiation, as of gamma rays.

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  • noun physics Any nuclear reaction, especially a nuclear fission, initiated by absorption of high-energy electromagnetic radiation such as a gamma ray

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  • Fewell discusses this point, and indicates that the reason lies with the greater photodisintegration rate for 62Ni in stellar interiors.

    Binding Energy James Killus 2008

  • Fewell discusses this point, and indicates that the reason lies with the greater photodisintegration rate for 62Ni in stellar interiors.

    Archive 2008-04-01 James Killus 2008

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