The Mossbauer Effect by Richard A Dunlap

The Mossbauer Effect by Richard A Dunlap

The effect which now bears his name, was discovered in 1958 by Rudolf M ssbauer at the Technical University of Munich.

At first, this appeared to be a phenomenon related to nuclear energy levels that provided some information about excited state lifetimes and quantum properties. However, it soon became apparent that M ssbauer spectroscopy had applications in such diverse fields as general relativity, solid state physics, chemistry, materials science, biology, medical physics, archeology and art. It is the extreme sensitivity of the effect to the atomic environment around the probe atom as well as the ability to apply the technique to some interesting and important elements, most notably iron, that is responsible for the M ssbauer effect's extensive use. The present volume reviews the historical development of the M ssbauer effect, the experimental details, the basic physics of hyperfine interactions and some of the numerous applications of M ssbauer effect spectroscopy.

Richard A Dunlap graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a BS in Physics, Dartmouth College with an AM in Physics, and Clark University with a PhD in Physics. He is currently employed as a Research Professor at Dalhousie University's Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science. Experimental Physics: Modern Approaches, The Golden Ratio and Fibonacci Numbers, An Introduction to the Physics of Nuclei and Particles, Sustainable Energy, Innovative Microstructures for Solids, Particle Physics, and The Mössbauer Effect are some of his past publications.