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physical process > nuclear reaction > photodisintegration

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photodisintegration  

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  • Photodisintegration (also called phototransmutation, or a photonuclear reaction) is a nuclear process in which an atomic nucleus absorbs a high-energy gamma ray, enters an excited state, and immediately decays by emitting a subatomic particle. The incoming gamma ray effectively knocks one or more neutrons, protons, or an alpha particle out of the nucleus. The reactions are called (γ,n), (γ,p), and (γ,α). (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photodisintegration)

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