Classical Electrodynamics · Problem 15.14

Radiating Systems, Multipole Fields and Radiation — John David Jackson

Physics — E&M · bremsstrahlung-virtual-quanta-radiative-beta

Problem

In internal conversion, the nucleus makes a transition from one state to another and an orbital electron is ejected. The electron has a kinetic energy equal to the transition energy minus its binding energy. For a conversion line of 1 MeV determine the number of quanta emitted per unit energy because of the sudden ejection of the electron. What fraction of the electrons will have energies less than 99\% of the total energy? Will this low-energy tail on the conversion line be experimentally observable?

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