Timeline for Can the same isotope sometimes emit gamma rays alongside alpha (or beta) rays and sometimes emit just the alpha (or beta) rays?
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| Oct 21, 2015 at 16:03 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | The only thing that is unusual about the isotopes that do this is the presence of the "pure" line (the one with no photon at all). Most $\alpha$ and $\beta$ decay channels of heavy isotopes have several different paths each accompanied by a different collection of gammas. Only some include a path with no gamma. | |
| Oct 21, 2015 at 11:58 | comment | added | Matt | Absolutely. There are also alternatives to alpha beta gamma, of course. | |
| Oct 21, 2015 at 9:22 | answer | added | Thomas Mueller | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 21, 2015 at 8:10 | review | First posts | |||
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| Oct 21, 2015 at 7:58 | history | asked | Silja | CC BY-SA 3.0 |