Nuclear superradiance into anomalous emission channels

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dc.contributor.advisorHannon, James P.
dc.creatorHung, Nguyen V.
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-18T21:18:38Z
dc.date.available2018-12-18T21:18:38Z
dc.date.issued1978
dc.descriptionText includes handwritten formulas
dc.description.abstractThis thesis investigates the coherent spontaneous emission, or superradiance, of initial nuclear excitations into anomalous emission (Borrmann modes) for a perfect needle-shaped crystal sample. The anomalous emission effect, which suppresses the nonresonant photoelectric absorption of gamma rays emitted in the Borrmann modes without destroying the coupling of these modes with the nuclei, allows emission of gamma rays from Mossbauer emitters within a Borrmann depth from the crystal surface, greatly enhanced over the ordinary photoelectric absorption length. Two approaches are discussed. First we treat the superradiance emission semiclassically, solving Lamb's selfconsistent field equations for the emitted intensity in the superradiance limits rather than in the usual rate equation approximation in laser theory. Next we apply the quantum statistical theory developed by R. Bonifacio et al., after incorporating necessary modifications to allow for various multipole emission into Borrmann modes. Finally we attempt to determine criteria that would characterize a good isotope for superradiance.
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dc.format.extent81 pp
dc.identifier.callnoThesis Phys. 1978 Hung
dc.identifier.citationHung, Nguyen V.. "Nuclear superradiance into anomalous emission channels." (1978) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104193">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/104193</a>.
dc.identifier.digitalRICE1820
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/104193
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.titleNuclear superradiance into anomalous emission channels
dc.typeThesis
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thesis.degree.departmentPhysics
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts
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