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AlarmingAffect0 OP t1_iufoexp wrote

Reply to comment by _AlreadyTaken_ in Is there such a thing as a gamma radiation mirror? by AlarmingAffect0

> Gamma rays might end up interacting with the surface and having pair production (coverting to an electron snd positron) before reaching the neutron density layer.

Is there a way of estimating how much of the gamma radiation would make it to the neutron density layer?

Also is that hot iron in the form of vapor rather than plasma?

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