Is There an Equation to Determine Gamma Ray Frequency from Radioactive Decay?

[sdg2010]

Readers,

Hi, I'm new here, and have a question that has piqued my interest, and have not found a solution elsewhere.

My question is as such: is there an equation to determine the energy or frequency of the gamma ray emitted as a byproduct of radioactive decay for a given isotope?

Thanks,

sdg2010

 

[mathman]

Add up the masses of the daughter particles and subtract from source particle mass. The difference will be the mass converted to energy.

 

[sdg2010]

Thanks mathman. That seems to be the logical answer (which I missed).

 

[enkiddu]

I think to know the frequencies and energies of the specific gammas, though, the best way is to look it up. There may be a few models to help predict, but I'm not aware of those. I've found this to be a good source of radionuclide info.

http://ie.lbl.gov/toi/nucSearch.asp