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What does a gamma ray consist of?
Gamma rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation that consist of high-energy photons. They have the shortest wavelengths and highest frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum, making them the most energetic type of radiation. Gamma rays are commonly produced during nuclear reactions and radioactive decay.
What Photons with the highest energy have the blank?
The highest energy photons have the shortest wavelength, which is in the gamma ray range. Gamma rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation that have the highest energy and shortest wavelength in the electromagnetic spectrum.
What is the energy of a gamma ray?
The energy of a gamma ray can vary widely, ranging from a few keV to several MeV. Gamma rays are high-energy photons emitted during nuclear reactions, radioactive decay, and other high-energy processes.
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.
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.
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.
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 does a gamma ray consist of?
Gamma rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation that consist of high-energy photons. They have the shortest wavelengths and highest frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum, making them the most energetic type of radiation. Gamma rays are commonly produced during nuclear reactions and radioactive decay.
Is gamma a radiation ray?
Yes, gamma radiation is rays. Specifically it is photons, like light but much much higher in energy.
In high-energy physics what happens when two gamma ray photons meet?
When two gamma ray photons meet, they can undergo a process called pair production, where they can create an electron-positron pair. This process demonstrates that energy can be converted into matter.
What Photons with the highest energy have the blank?
The highest energy photons have the shortest wavelength, which is in the gamma ray range. Gamma rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation that have the highest energy and shortest wavelength in the electromagnetic spectrum.
Are Gamma Ray's negatively charged?
No. The gauge particles for electromagnetic radiation, photons, do not carry an electronic charge.
Why are the photons that emerge from the Sun's surface visible-light photons and infrared-light photons rather than gamma-ray photons?
Photons do not come in different types like infared-photons etc. they are just the wavelength that the photons are at and nuclear fusion just happens to emit photons at a particular wavelength
What is the energy of a gamma ray?
The energy of a gamma ray can vary widely, ranging from a few keV to several MeV. Gamma rays are high-energy photons emitted during nuclear reactions, radioactive decay, and other high-energy processes.
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.
