In reply to H LV's message of Sat, 5 Mar 2016 16:00:49 -0500: Hi, [snip] >On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 3:52 PM, <mix...@bigpond.com> wrote: >> In reply to H LV's message of Sat, 5 Mar 2016 11:48:56 -0500: >> Hi, >> [snip] >>>In the Mössbauer effect when nucleus emits a photon all the recoil >>>energy is absorbed by the lattice as a whole due to the quantization >>>of the vibrational states of the lattice. I think this process could >>>be inverted where the vibrational energy of the lattice is absorbed by >>>a nucleus. >>> >>> >>>Harry >> >> There is very little recoil energy during gamma-ray emission. > >Yes...and?
...IOW the normal process is little energy shared with the lattice. Now you want to "invert" the process but have a lot of energy concentrated in the nucleus. What I am suggesting is that this wouldn't even be a true inversion of the original process. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
