An excited state of a certain nucleus has a half-life of 0.85 ns. Taking this to be

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An excited state of a certain nucleus has a half-life of 0.85 ns. Taking this to be the uncertainty Δt for emission of a photon, calculate the uncertainty in the frequency Δf, using Equation 5-25. If λ = 0.01 nm, find Δf/f.

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Modern Physics

ISBN: 9781429250788

6th Edition

Authors: Paul A. Tipler, Ralph Llewellyn

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