Atomic recoil Atomic recoil Atomic recoil is the result of the interaction of an atom with an energetic elementary particle, when the momentum of the interacting particle is transferred to the atom as whole without altering non-translational degrees of freedom of the atom. It is a purely quantum phenomenon. Atomic recoil was discovered by Harriet Brooks, Canada's first female nuclear physicist. If the transferred momentum of atomic recoil is enough to disrupt the crystal lattice of the material, a vacancy defect is formed; otherwise a phonon is generated. Closely related to atomic recoil is electron recoil (see photoexcitation and photoionization), and nuclear
Imogen (given name) Imogen (given name) Imogen , or Imogene, is an English-language female given name of uncertain etymology. Because the first recorded use of the name is by the English playwright William Shakespeare, it is popularly believed that he invented the name. It is chiefly used as a given name in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, and Scandinavian countries. The first recorded use of the name Imogen is by Shakespeare for a British princess in his play "Cymbeline". It is possible that the name may have originated as an accidental or