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Homework Statement
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
Since energy of photon is very low compared to the rest mass energy of the nucleus, I consider non – relativistic calculation.
Conservation of linear momentum gives : momentum of nucleus = momentum of photon = p...(1)
Conservation of kinetic energy gives : ## \frac { p^2 c^2}{2mc^2} + pc = 14.4keV ## ...(2)
Solving the above equation gives,
pc = 14.39999806 keV, m = 57 ## m_p ##
So, the energy of the photon gets reduced by 2m eV. Is this correct?
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