PHYSICS 244 . 
EXPERIMENT #7
 

 

Q.1.     What is gamma decay?

 

Q.2.     Which of the three possible processes will the photons from
the  Cs137 decay undergo when the interact with the iron?  

 

Q.3.     Why is the interaction of gamma rays with matter
fundamentally different from that of alpha rays and beta rays?  

 

Q.4.     How is this difference seen in practice?