Calculate the order of magnitude of the shift in energy of a (a) 1 eV photon and

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Calculate the order of magnitude of the shift in energy of a 

(a) 1 eV photon and
(b) 1 MeV photon resulting from the recoil of an iron nucleus. Do this by first calculating the momentum of the photon and then by calculating p2/2m for the nucleus using that value of momentum. Compare with the natural line width calculated in Example 5-9.

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Modern Physics

ISBN: 9781429250788

6th Edition

Authors: Paul A. Tipler, Ralph Llewellyn

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