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A Fe-57 nucleus is at rest and in its first excited state, 14.4 keV above the ground state (14.4 脳 103 eV, where 1 eV = 1.6脳10鈭19 J). The nucleus then decays to the ground state with the emission of a gamma ray (a high-energy photon). (a) Wthe recoil speed of the nucleus? (b) Calculate the slight difference in eV between the gamma-ray energy and the 14.4 keV difference between the initial and final nuclear states. (c) The 鈥淢枚ssbauer effect鈥 is the name given to a related phenomenon discovered by Rudolf M枚ssbauer in 1957, for which he received the 1961 Nobel Prize for physics. If the Fe-57 nucleus is in a solid block of iron, occasionally when the nucleus emits a gamma ray the entire solid recoils as one object. This can happen due to the fact that neighbouring atoms and nuclei are connected by the electric interatomic force. In this case, repeat the calculation of part (a) and compare with your previous result. Explain briefly

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(a) The recoil speed of the nucleus is 80.7 m/s .

(b) The energy differencebetween gamma ray energy and energy of first excited state is 0.019 eV .

(c) The recoil speed of the nucleus is 7.6710-24m/sand it is seen from above results that the recoil speed of the nucleus is greater in value than the recoil speed of entire iron block.

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01

Identification of given data

The given data can be listed below,

The energy of the first excited state of Fe-57 nucleus is, .

The value of one electron volt is,1eV =1.610-19J.

02

Concept/Significance of

The momentum of any object is mathematically described as the product of mass of the object and its velocity.

03

(a) Determination of recoil speed of the nucleus

The initial momentum of the Fe nucleus is zero.

pi=0

The final momentum is given by,

pf=pFe.f+p

Here, pFe.fand pare the final momentum of the Fe nucleus and the Gamma ray respectively.

The system is conserved so the net force is zero. So,

pi=pf=0

PFe,f=P ...(i)

The Energy for gamma ray is given by,

E=hc

Here, his the Planck鈥檚 constant whose value is 6.62610-34J-s, is the De-Broglie wavelength and cis the speed of light

From De-Broglie Wavelength, momentum of the gamma ray is given by,

P=h

And,

E=Pc

Again, from equation (1),E=PFe,fc

Recoil Kinetic Energy,

K=12mvFe,f2 ...(ii)

Where,vFe,fis the recoil speed of the nucleus.

role="math" localid="1657867555746" vFe,f=PFe,fm ...(iii)

Substitute the above value in (ii)

K=PFe,f22m

The energy difference expression is

E=E+K

Here, Eis the energy of gamma ray and Kis the recoil kinetic energy of the iron nucleus.

Substitute values in the above,

E=14.4103eV1.610-19J1eV=2.310-15J

The value of the final momentum of the iron nucleus is given by,

E=PFe,fc+PFe,f22m

Here, mis the mass of the nucleus whose value ism=9.5210-26kg and c is the speed of the light whose value isc=3108m/s

Substitute values in the above,

2.310-15J=PFe,fc+PFe,f22m2m2.310-15J=PFe,fc2m+PFe,f2PFe,f=7.6710-24kgm/s

Substitute all the values in equation (iii), the recoil speed of the nucleus is given by,

vFe,f=7.6710-24kg.m/s9.2510-26kg=80.6m/s

Thus, the recoil speed of the nucleus is 80.6 m/s .

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(b) Determination of energy difference between gamma ray energy and first excited state

The kinetic energy expression is given by,

K=PFe,f22m

Here, m is the mass of the nucleus whose value is m=9.5210-26kg, andPFe,f is the final momentum of the nucleus.

Substitute values in the above,

K=7.6710-24kg.m/s29.5210-26kg=0.0019eV

Hence, the difference between gamma ray energy and first excited state is 0.0019 eV .

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(c) Determination of the recoil speed of the entire iron block and compare it with recoil speed of nucleus.

The recoil speed of the iron block is given by,

v'Fe,f=PFe,fm

Here, from 鈥淢ossbauer effect鈥 mis the mass of iron block whose value is 1kg andPFe,f is the momentum of iron.

Substitute all the values in the above,

v'Fe,f=7.6710-24kgm/s1kg=7.6710-24m/s

Thus, the recoil speed of the nucleus is 7.6710-24m/sand it is seen from above results that the recoil speed of the nucleus is greater in value than the recoil speed of entire iron block.

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