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    Finding the recoil energy of an excited atom when it de-excites

    The recoil energy (K) is given as: K = E^{2}_{photon}/2mc^{2} where mc2 describes the rest mass of the particle. mc2 will be of the order 109 to 1011 eV for atoms and nuclei.
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