Nuclear & Particle Physics
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Gamma Decay
Nuclear & Particle Physics
MeV or keV (Photon Energy)
A radioactive decay process where an excited atomic nucleus transitions to a lower energy state by emitting a high-energy gamma-ray photon.
ᴬ_Z X* → ᴬ_Z X + γ (High-energy photon emission)
Geiger-Müller Counter
Nuclear & Particle Physics
Counts per Minute (CPM) or μSv/h
A gas-filled radiation detection instrument that measures ionizing radiation by detecting current pulses produced by Townsend avalanches in a high-voltage tube.
Townsend Avalanche ionization in high electric fields
Gluons
Nuclear & Particle Physics
Gauge Boson Class
Massless elementary gauge bosons that mediate the strong nuclear force between quarks in quantum chromodynamics (QCD).
Spin = 1, Mass = 0, 8 Color-Anticolor Combinations