Using nucleus properties to probe material properties
Nuclear spectroscopy is a superordinate concept of methods that uses properties of a
nucleus to probe
material properties.[1][2] By
emission or
absorption of
radiation from the nucleus information of the
local structure is obtained, as an interaction of an
atom with its closest neighbours. Or a
radiation spectrum of the nucleus is detected. Most methods base on
hyperfine interactions, which are the interaction of the nucleus with its interaction of its atom's electrons and their interaction with the nearest neighbor atoms as well as external fields. Nuclear spectroscopy is mainly applied to solids and liquids, rarely in gases. Its methods are important tools in
condensed matter physics,[3][4]solid state chemistry.[5], and analysis of chemical composition (
analytical chemistry).
Methods
In
nuclear physics these methods are used to study properties of the nucleus itself.
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