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Heres's the situation:
A neutron enters a block of Gadolinium, it gets absorbed at some point and emits an electron via internal conversion. This electron has an energy of 72 keV (most probable interaction).
If the Gd block is in an electric field, what describes the motion of the electron?
Will it be accelerated through the Gd in the direction of the field and get trapped on the surface? or will it have enough energy to be emitted? (this occurs if there is no E field, assuming a thin enough piece of Gd)
Does it depend on the strength of the E field?
I don't even know what keywords to start looking for to find more about this.
In Summary: Electron is generated INSIDE a conductor that has an electric field applied to it-what happens to that electron?
If anyone has any equations or papers regarding something like this, I'd really appreciate it.
EDIT: Thinking more about it, I know there is no E Field inside a conductor, so would it have no affect? That seems counter intuitive to me. My brain hurts
A neutron enters a block of Gadolinium, it gets absorbed at some point and emits an electron via internal conversion. This electron has an energy of 72 keV (most probable interaction).
If the Gd block is in an electric field, what describes the motion of the electron?
Will it be accelerated through the Gd in the direction of the field and get trapped on the surface? or will it have enough energy to be emitted? (this occurs if there is no E field, assuming a thin enough piece of Gd)
Does it depend on the strength of the E field?
I don't even know what keywords to start looking for to find more about this.
In Summary: Electron is generated INSIDE a conductor that has an electric field applied to it-what happens to that electron?
If anyone has any equations or papers regarding something like this, I'd really appreciate it.
EDIT: Thinking more about it, I know there is no E Field inside a conductor, so would it have no affect? That seems counter intuitive to me. My brain hurts