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Moving the Center of Mass

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2013

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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* This is no small effect! One 14.4 keV gamma-ray emitted by 57 Co from a 1 gram Fe chunk imparts a velocity to the chunk of 7.7 × 10−21 cm/s or roughly 2.4 Ångstroms/Century.

Don't be concerned if the absorber is clamped to something, because then the whole building or planet will move and that only slows matters by a few more Orders of magnitude.

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