[ RadSafe ] Bending Gamma Rays

Joel C. cehn at aol.com
Wed Sep 12 16:59:00 CDT 2012


Anyone try refracting gammas with a prism?  The French are doing it. See:

http://www.ill.eu/news-events/press-room/press-releases/gamma-ray-optics-a-viable-tool-for-a-new-branch-of-scientific-discovery-02052012/

Not sure how it works, but others (e.g., LBL) have worked on focusing x-rays.  I suspect the angles are small.

 

 


Joel I. Cehn, CHP
joelc at alum.wpi.edu



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