gamma ray

Also known as gamma rays, gamma radiation, gamma-ray, γ ray, γ-radiation, γ radiation

electromagnetic radiation of high frequency and high energy

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Gamma rays are a type of electromagnetic radiation with very high frequency and energy, making them more powerful than visible light or X-rays. They matter because their high energy allows them to penetrate materials deeply and can be used in medical treatments and scientific research, though they can also be dangerous to living tissue.

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Beta-ray imaging system with γ-ray coincidence for multiple-tracer imaging.Medical physics · 2020Fukuchi T, Yamamoto S, Kataoka J et al.DOI: 10.1002/mp.13947
Effect of curcumin on γ-ray-induced cell response.Journal of radiation research · 2023Kostova N, Staynova A, Popova-Hadjiiska L et al.DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrac101
Cobalt-60 gamma-ray beams.ReviewBJR supplement · 1996McKenzie AL
Caesium-137 gamma-ray beams.ReviewBJR supplement · 1996Burns JE
Haploid screens and gamma-ray mutagenesis.ReviewMethods in cell biology · 1999Walker CDOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(08)61893-2
Human soft tissue analysis using x-ray or gamma-ray techniques.ReviewPhysics in medicine and biology · 2008Theodorakou C, Farquharson MJDOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/11/R01
Effect of gamma-ray exposure on the genome-editing efficiency of improved genome-editing via oviductal nucleic acids delivery (i-GONAD).Experimental animals · 2025Bold-Erdene A, Miura K, Yamasaki N et al.DOI: 10.1538/expanim.25-0036
Gamma-ray irradiation enhanced boron-10 compound accumulation in murine tumors.Journal of radiation research · 2009Liu Y, Nagata K, Masunaga S et al.DOI: 10.1269/jrr.09071

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An emission of a gamma ray (γ) from an atomic nucleus

A gamma ray, also known as gamma radiation (symbol γ), is a penetrating form of electromagnetic radiation arising from high-energy interactions like the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei or astronomical events like solar flares. Lower energy gamma radiation overlaps the upper end of X-ray radiation; they are distinguished by their different origins. Gamma ray photons have photon energy at the lower end from 10 eV to 10 eV; ultra-high-energy gamma rays have energies over 10 eV. Paul Villard, a French chemist and physicist, discovered gamma radiation in 1900 while studying radiation emitted by radium. In 1903, Ernest Rutherford named this radiation gamma rays based on their relatively strong penetration of matter; in 1900, he had already named two less penetrating types of decay radiation (discovered by Henri Becquerel) alpha rays and beta rays in ascending order of penetrating power.