gamma rays

plural noun

1. streams of gamma radiation

Example Sentences

The name is descriptive: they are extremely intense bursts of gamma rays, the highest energy form of light.

From The Daily Beast

Only gamma rays can do it, since all other forms of light are too low-energy.

From The Daily Beast

When the gamma rays enter the sleeve, they interact with that photon gas, annihilating into electron-positron pairs.

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No word on Gamma Rays, Delta Squad, Epsilononicom, or Zetabyte.

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Radioactive atoms almost always decay by emitting negatively charged beta particles usually accompanied by gamma rays.

From Project Gutenberg

This spectrometer detects and measures gamma rays and sorts them according to their energy.

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That is, it can easily “pick out” gamma rays that are only slightly different in energy.

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The gamma rays from the other sample also reveal sodium, potassium, and gold but in rather different proportions.

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The gamma rays are supposed to be "X" rays produced by the beta rays striking solid objects.

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