A stationary Pb200 nucleus emits an alpha-particle with kinetic energy Ta = 5.77 MeV. Find the recoil

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A stationary Pb200 nucleus emits an alpha-particle with kinetic energy Ta = 5.77 MeV. Find the recoil velocity of a daughter nucleus. What fraction of the total energy liberated in this decay is accounted for by the recoil energy of the daughter nucleus?
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

2nd edition

Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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