Nuclear & particle physics

Nuclear & particle physics

Of or realting to the field of physics that involves the properties and interactions of atomic nuclei.

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Nuclear & particle physics

Acute exposure

Physics; Nuclear & particle physics

Large exposure received over a short period of time.

A cow-a system containing a parent-daughter set of radioisotopes in which the parent decays through a daughter to a stable isotope. The daughter is a different element from that of the parent, and, ...

Genetic effect

Physics; Nuclear & particle physics

Effect that can be transferred from parent to offspring.

Fission

Physics; Nuclear & particle physics

The splitting of a fissionable nucleus into two smaller, nearly equal, radioactive nuclei, accompanied by the emission of two or more neutrons and a significant amount of energy. Fission in a nuclear ...

Geiger counter

Physics; Nuclear & particle physics

A Geiger-Müller detector and measuring instrument. It contains a gas-filled tube which discharges electrically when ionising radiation passes through it and a device that records the events.

Gamma ray

Physics; Nuclear & particle physics

A highly penetrating type of nuclear radiation, similar to x-radiation, except that it comes from within the nucleus of an atom, and, in general, has a shorter wavelength.