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15 - 18 February 2009, Edinburgh, UK

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Conversion electron

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Electron released from the atomic shell by transferring the energy of a gamma quantum emitted from the same nucleus to this electron. The kinetic energy of the conversion electron is equal to the energy of the gamma quantum reduced by the binding energy of the electron.

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