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How does a photon "cheat" its way past a neutron?
I learnt here Is a neutron deflected sideways by a laser beam? that a photon beam has no influence on the motion of a free neutron in the first and second approximation. Now I'm interested in what ...
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Is a neutron deflected sideways by a laser beam?
Is a freely moving neutron deflected sideways when a laser beam is directed at it from the side? It would be great if the question could be considered from the two points of view that the laser beam ...
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Refractive index of EM waves travelling though a gas of neutral particles
From what I have read and seen online. The explanation of why there is a net reduction in the speed of EM waves through a medium is due to the interference with the oscillating EM fields produced by ...
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Does an accelerating neutron produce electromagnetic waves?
I believe both protons and electrons do produce e/m radiation if accelerated, but what about a neutron which is made up of, or at least decays to, an electron and a proton?
If accelerating a neutron ...
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How do neutron stars emit black body radiation?
If my understanding is correct, black body radiation is emitted by a substance due to the substances coupling with the electric field. The negatively charged electrons in atoms for example can couple ...
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What colour would neutronium be? [duplicate]
Everything we learn about colour in relation to matter is based on "normal" matter that has electrons around it. Absorption and emission of electromagnetic radiation is explained in terms of ...
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Will a free neutron radiate if it is decelerated?
In this answer it is said (and I fully agree):
Yes, a ... photon can accelerate a lone neutron. The kinetic energy imparted to the neutron reduces the photon's wavelength (redshifts it) by the same ...
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Can photons be created without an electric charge involved?
It seems that in common ways how to produce light (electromagnetic waves, photons) must be involved particles with electric charge: accelerating electrons, spontaneous or stimulated emission, gamma ...
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Neutron acceleration and Electromagnetic radiation
Reading this question Why aren't charged particles constantly shining? I'm curious about how neutrons (in opposition to charged particles) and EM radiation interact.
According to this question ...
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What are the experimental results of neutron -neutron scattering?
I'm curious about does a neutron - neutron scattering (if such an experiment was carried out) is an in elastic process or is it accompanied by energy losses.
Additional question: What is the energy ...
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Gamma spectroscopy - Table of radioactive isotopes with gamma energy search
For anyone doing gamma spectroscopy by hand, the task is considerably eased by tables like this:
http://nucleardata.nuclear.lu.se/toi/
Where not only can you search for particular nuclides, but you ...
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Gamma spectroscopy - neutron activation of a stable isotope
Question about gamma spectroscopy here. If I suspect that on a gamma spectrum I have a line which is a consequence of the presence of Ge-78 - which is being produced via the neutron activation of a ...
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When align the neutron's magnetic dipole moment, does moving neutron radiates?
Was performed an experiment in the past, where neutrons pass a magnetic field and their magnetic dipole moment get aligned? Was measured an electromagnetic radiation during the experiment?
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