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: \(\ce{^{197}Au + n -> ^{198}Au + \gamma}\), or in short form \(\ce{^{197}Au}(\rm{n},\gamma)\ce{^{198}Au}\).
Source:
PAC, 2021, 93, 69. 'Vocabulary of radioanalytical methods (IUPAC Recommendations 2020)' on page 90 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2019-0302)