nuclear resonance

Definitions of nuclear resonance
  1. noun
    the resonance absorption of a gamma ray by a nucleus identical to the nucleus that emitted the gamma ray
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    resonance
    an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation
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