gamma rays
Britishplural noun
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For decades, scientists have noticed that some nuclei emit an unexpectedly large number of low-energy gamma rays.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
The limited image resolution of those observations meant researchers could not examine the source closely enough to determine whether protons or electrons were responsible for the gamma rays.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
For that reason, sources producing gamma rays below the PeV range can be considered possible PeVatron candidates.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
Researchers led by scientists at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, have identified the source of a puzzling abundance of low-energy gamma rays released by the zinc-70 nucleus.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Some scientists have suggested that it was caused by a piece of hurtling antimatter, annihilated on contact with the ordinary matter of the Earth, disappearing in a flash of gamma rays.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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