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I presume you mean a "gamma ray burst."

This is a burst of gamma ray energy, lasting from less than a second to a few minutes, that comes from outside our galaxy. Despite being from that far away, they are measurable on our planet, meaning the energy release in one second of a gamma ray burst is greater than the energy that our Sun will release in its entire ten billion year life cycle.

GRB's are now thought to be from the collapse of a massive star, but the question has not been completely settled.

If a gamma ray burst from within our galaxy were to hit our Earth, all life on our planet, even bacteria, would end within a few days.

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Is it possible for a Faraday cage to interdict a gamma pulse?

No. At least, I don't think it's reasonable to assume that. The reason it won't work is that, while a gamma ray is still an electromagnetic wave (just like a radio wave is), the wavelength of a gamma ray pulse is extremely short compared to the grid size of a Faraday cage, or even of the individual atoms.


How many nanometers are in x rays and gamma rays?

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What nuclear decay have no mass and no charge?

Gamma decay involves the emission of a gamma ray, which is a high-energy photon with no charge and no mass.


What type of nuclear decay produces energy instead of a particle?

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How would you contain a gamma particle?

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Is it possible for a Faraday cage to interdict a gamma pulse?

No. At least, I don't think it's reasonable to assume that. The reason it won't work is that, while a gamma ray is still an electromagnetic wave (just like a radio wave is), the wavelength of a gamma ray pulse is extremely short compared to the grid size of a Faraday cage, or even of the individual atoms.


Is a gamma-ray burst more powerful than a pulsar?

A gamma ray burster emits an amount of gamma ray energy in one pulse roughly equal all EM radiation energy of a galaxy in a year. So yes.


An electromagnetic pulse is one of the effects caused by what kind of attack?

A nuclear attack. EMP is generated by the energy of electrons added to the Earth's magnetic field by gamma radiation.


What kind of gamma ray can penetrate solids?

Gamma rays are gamma rays are gamma rays.


How many nanometers are in x rays and gamma rays?

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Name of the thumb pulse?

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What is a hamster pulse?

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What are the electromagnetic waves with the shortest wavelengths and the highest frequency called?

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Where in groin is a pulse found?

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