nuclear capture

synonym: capture
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08745
Process in which an atomic nucleus acquires an additional particle.
Notes:
  1. The captured particle may be an elementary particle and may be charged or neutral.
  2. In general, a specification is added of the type of the captured particle or its energy.
Example:
Gold-197 captures a neutron and emits a gamma ray: A197A22197Au+n⟶A198A22198Au+γ, or in short form A197A22197Au(n,γ)A198A22198Au.
Source:
PAC, 2021, 93, 69. (Vocabulary of radioanalytical methods (IUPAC Recommendations 2020)) on page 90 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'nuclear capture' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08745 RIS BibTex EndNote
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