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What is a gamma ray?
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What is a gamma ray?

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penetrating electromagnetic radiation of a kind arising from the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei

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A gamma ray or gamma radiation, is a penetrating electromagnetic radiation arising from the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei. It consists of the shortest wavelength electromagnetic waves and so imparts the highest photon energy

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