Can Gamma Rays be Used as Projectiles for Nuclear Reactions?

logic19 · Aug 18, 2006

How can Gamma rays be used as a projectile ?
It need s the nucleus to be extremely unstable.Please give description as well as examples.of such reaction.

Chi Meson · Aug 20, 2006

logic19 said:

How can Gamma rays be used as a projectile ?

In the traditionol sense of "pojectile," they can't. Gamma rays are photons, and do not follow the rules of classical projectile motion. Are you by any chance studying "General Relativity"?

It need s the nucleus to be extremely unstable.

This makes no sense. Try again?

Please give description as well as examples.of such reaction.

You have not mentioned any reaction. Perhaps you mean to use different words?

bgc · Jul 28, 2011

Perhaps thinking of an x-ray LASER?

Can Gamma Rays be Used as Projectiles for Nuclear Reactions?

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