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PhysicsModern PhysicsNuclear physicsHard2 minPYQ_2011

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A radioactive nucleus of mass $M$ emits a photon of frequency $v$ and the nucleus recoils. The recoil energy will beNEET 2011 (Screening)

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Momentum of a photon $p = \frac{h v}{c}$ Hence, Recoil energy $E = \frac{p ^{2}}{2 M}$ $∴ E = \frac{( \frac{h v}{c} ) ^{2}}{2 M} or E = \frac{h ^{2} v ^{2}}{2 M c ^{2}}$

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