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Gamma Rays

1
Q

What other types of radiation is gamma rays often compared to?

A

Beta Radiation
&
Alpha Radiation

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2
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What are gamma rays?

A

Gamma Rays are an electro magnetic wave that can cause serious bodily harm.

Examples of gamma rays are gamma rays.

Gamma rays contain the most energy and have the shortest(I can relate) wavelength.

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3
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Alpha
Beta
Gamma

What has the least mass?

A

Gamma

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4
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Alpha
Beta
Gamma

What is made of mass and energy?

A

Alpha males and beta males

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5
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Are gamma rays hard?

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No, they are made of pure energy.

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6
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Double-sided silicone strip detectors for next generation gamma ray telescopes needs to be sensitive to what?

A

Pair CONVERSIONS
&
Compton SCATTERING

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7
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If Marge were to be directly hit by a gamma ray from a supernova 10km away, what will happen to marge?

A

She will proceed to not exist.

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8
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Gamma knife 🗡️🔪 therapy uses what type of radiation?

A

Gamma rays

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9
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Christi was studying gamma rays for her upcoming exam. On the day of the exam, she forgot how much the frequency of gamma rays are. She decided to ask you, her fellow classmate, how much it is. You reply with?

A

50-300eHz

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10
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Rayne was built different by memorizing all the energy levels carried by electromagnetic wave. To unlock her true form, she must know how much energy gamma rays carry. She decided to ask you as she is sure that you studied them. You replied what?

A

Exceeding 100,000 eV

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11
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Zekie woke up one-day with only 1 question on his mind. This question was”How safe are gamma rays?”. He decides to ask you. You replied with?

A

Gamma rays can be safe and dangerous, it depends on how much energy it carries. < Energy = safer, >Energy = more deadly

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Mark’s OmegaLife Hostpitals decided to buy now equipment to help scam their patients. Mark stumbled upon a technology called Gamma Knife. Gamma knifes uses what type of radiation?

A

Gamma radiation

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13
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How does a gamma knife work?

A

It focuses a number of gamma beams towards a specific spot on a person.

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14
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Dref wishes to punch a GAMMA RAY.

You tell him it’s impossible as you know__________?

A

Gamma rays are made of pure energy, and has a high penetrating power. Resulting in Dref proceeding not to exist

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14
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Marge was bored, so she decided to do research on gamma rays, she learned that gamma rays came from____________________.

A

Traumatic space events & celestial bodies

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15
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Using what you’ve learned about gamma rays. Can Rayne 1v1 gamma rays and win?

A

(science answer)

No, gamma rays will give her cancer. This is due to gamma rays being highly radioactive.

(Reality)
She will win kay, Rayne is Rayne.

16
Q

Christi was eating rice,

A

Yes

17
Q

Who discovered Gamma Rays?

A

Paul Ulrich Villard (A French chemist and physicist.)

18
Q

When was Gamma Rays discovered?

A

in 1900

19
Q

What were the 2 forms of radiation emitted by decaying atoms that were known at the turn of the twentieth century?

A

alpha particles (which are helium nuclei) and beta particles (which are electrons and positrons)

20
Q

Who proposed the name “Gamma Rays”?

A

Ernest Rutherford (A New Zealand-born chemist and physicist)

21
Q

What Radioactive element was Paul Villard experimenting that led him to the discovery of Gamma rays?

A

Radium

22
Q

What is the key difference between Gamma rays and alpha/beta particles?

A

Gamma Rays are a form of light, whereas alpha and beta particles are made of matter.

23
Q

It is a space observatory being used to perform gamma-ray astronomy observations from low Earth orbit.

A

Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

24
Q

How does the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope work?

A

On the Fermi Space Telescope, a gamma-ray photon will pass through a device called the Anti-coincidence Detector, which blocks cosmic rays that might give a false signal, according to NASA . The gamma-ray is then absorbed by one of 16 sheets of tungsten (a material that is dense enough to stop gamma rays)

25
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What are the 2 main instruments of the Fermi Telescope?

A

LAT and the other one is the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM)

26
Q

LAT is the ________ instrument

A

Primary

27
Q

GBM is the ________ instrument

A

Complementary

28
Q

The Fermi has a large telescope that finds gamma rays with ________ to more than ________ times the energy of visible light.

A

10 million to more than 300 billion

29
Q

What is the energy range that Fermi observes light?

A

Energy range between 8,000 electron volts (8 keV) to greater than 300 billion electron volts (300 GeV)