RE: Nuclear Isomer Decay: A Possibility for Breakthrough Space

["Migliore, Charles W" <Charles.W.Migliore@nspco.com>]

looks like I need more physics courses.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Mike McNaughton [SMTP:mcnaught@lanl.gov]
> Sent:	Wednesday, March 31, 1999 11:28 AM
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> Subject:	RE: Nuclear Isomer Decay: A Possibility for Breakthrough
> Space
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> >I thought gammas had no mass..... how can there be a recoil momentum?
> 
> Einstein's relativity theory predicts that photons have momentum p = E/c.
> This prediction was first confirmed by Compton scattering, and has since
> been confirmed by many other observations.
> "Shlala gashle" (Zulu greeting, meaning "Stay safe")
> mike (mcnaught@LANL.GOV)
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