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What is it called when a nucleus ejects high energy photons

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Photodisintegration!

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also called Phototransmutation, in physics, nuclear reaction in which the absorption of high-energy electromagnetic radiation (a gamma-ray photon) causes the absorbing nucleus to change to another species by ejecting a subatomic particle, such as a proton, neutron, or alpha particle.

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