Doppler effect, Mossbauer studies

Mossbauer spectroscopy The Mossbauer effect is resonance absorption of 7 radiation of a precisely defined energy, by specific nuclei. It is the basis of a form of spectroscopy used for studying coordinated metal ions. The principal application in bioinorganic chemistry is Fe. The source for the 7 rays is Co, and the frequency is shifted by the Doppler effect, moving it at defined velocities (in mm/s) relative to the sample. The parameters derived from the Mossbauer spectrum (isomer shift, quadrupole splitting, and the hyperfine coupling) provide information about the oxidation, spin and coordination state of the iron. 

Resonance gamma spectrometry or Mossbauer spectrometry can be used to study the hyperfine interactions between a nucleus and its chemical neighborhood [142], In order to examine these interactions with the help of a Mossbauer spectrometer, the first-order Doppler effect shift of the wave emitted by a moving source is applied. The arrangement used for a Mossbauer spectrometer consists of a radioactive source containing a Mossbauer isotope in an excited state (see Figure 4.54)... 

The Mossbauer measurements makes it possible to study a variety of interesting effects that may be brought about by the introduction of impurity in the lattice as also the modifications brought about by imperfection in the crystal lattice, since the nuclei must be bound in a crystal for this study of resonant emission (or absorption) of y-rays. Three dynamical quantities of interest, which are possible in the Mossbauer studies, are (i) Zero-phonon absorption cross-section giving the Lamb-Mossbauer factor, (ii) One-phonon absorption cross section yielding the time information as well as the information of the localized modes and through this the information on the force constant between impurity and the host atom, (iii) the second order Doppler effect yielding information about the mean square velocity of the Mossbauer probe. 

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