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What does a gamma ray consist of?
High energy, high frequency photons.
What is gamma particle?
an energy ray with no mass and no charge
How and where are gamma rays produced?
Gamma rays are particularly energetic photons. On Earth, they are emitted from radioactive substances, during radioactive decay and are also created in x-Ray machines. They can also be produced during very energetic events in space, such as the explosion of a star. Cosmic Rays are gamma rays that continually bombard the Earth.
What is a gamma wray?
Gamma-rays are the most energetic form of light and are produced by the hottest regions of the universe. They are also produced by such violent events as supernova explosions or the destruction of atoms, and by less dramatic events, such as the decay of radioactive material in space. Things like supernova explosions (the way massive stars die), neutron stars and pulsars, and black holes are all sources of celestial gamma-rays. A gamma ray is a packet of electromagnetic energy--a photon. Gamma photons are the most energetic photons in the electromagnetic spectrum. Gamma rays (gamma photons) are emitted from the nucleus of some unstable (radioactive) atoms. Gamma rays are an extremely high-energy form of electromagnetic (EM) radiation. Gamma ray radiation has a much, much shorter wavelength than visible light, so gamma ray photons have much, much higher energies than photons of light do. Gamma rays lie at the extreme high-energy end of the electromagnetic spectrum. X-rays, which have slightly lower energies than gamma rays, are the neighbors of gamma rays along the EM spectrum. In fact, the spectral ranges of hard X-rays and gamma rays overlap. Gamma rays have wavelengths of about 100 picometers (100 x 10-12 meters) or shorter, or energies per photon of at least around 10 keV. This type of electromagnetic wave oscillates with a frequency of 3 exahertz (EHz or 1018 hertz) or higher.
What are the features of a gamma ray?
Gamma rays are electromagnetic waves ... physically and functionally identical to radio, light, heat, etc. ... with the highest observed frequencies (shortest observed wavelengths). In experiments designed to reveal the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation, gamma ray particles (photons) have the highest observed photon energies.
In which layer of the sun are gamma ray layers produced?
The core
How do protons become antiprotons?
They don't. Proton-antiproton pairs are produced from high energy gamma ray photons.
Why is a gamma-ray photon more energetic than an X-ray photon?
Gamma ray photons have a higher frequency (and therefore carry more energy) than X-ray photons.
What does a gamma ray consist of?
High energy, high frequency photons.
What is the emission of electromagnetic radiation by an excited atom called?
Gamma radiation is high-energy photons emitted by a radioisotope.
Why is gamma ray radiation used for x rays?
Depending upon the definitions used, there IS some overlap between the wavelengths for x-rays and gamma radiation". In nuclear medicine, a diagnostic X-Ray machine might produce the same 140 KeV photons as those produced produced by nuclear decay in Technicium, while theraputic photons produced by a particle accelerator might have lower energy. Some older standards used a wavelength such as 0.01 nanometers as the threshold below which shorter wavelength (higher energy) photons were described as "gamma rays". More-recent conventions tend to use that term to refer only to radiation emitted by the nucleus of an isotope, whereas the term "X-Ray" is used if the radiation is due to electrons (either changing orbitals or being accelerated). In astronmy, a gamma-ray burst might be caused by either mechanism. In meteorology, gamma rays from lightning discharges are actually produced by electrons (by deceleration, in the same way that photons are produced in a synchrotron "light source").
What is gamma particle?
an energy ray with no mass and no charge
Is gamma a radiation ray?
Yes, gamma radiation is rays. Specifically it is photons, like light but much much higher in energy.
How and where are gamma rays produced?
Gamma rays are particularly energetic photons. On Earth, they are emitted from radioactive substances, during radioactive decay and are also created in x-Ray machines. They can also be produced during very energetic events in space, such as the explosion of a star. Cosmic Rays are gamma rays that continually bombard the Earth.
Can proton absorb energy?
yes proton can absorb gamma ray photons and some xray photons depending on the internal configuration of the proton
How long are X-ray wavelengths compared with ultraviolet wavelengths?
Ultraviolet photons have wavelengths below 400nm. X-ray photons have wavelengths between 0.01nm - 10nm. Photons with wavelengths smaller than xrays' are called gamma rays.
Are Gamma Ray's negatively charged?
No. The gauge particles for electromagnetic radiation, photons, do not carry an electronic charge.
