A photon with energy E is emitted by an atom with mass m, which recoils in the opposite direction (a) Assuming that the motion of the atom can be treated nonrelativistically, compute the recoil speed of the atom. (b) From the result of part (a), show that the recoil speed is much less than c whenever E is much less than the rest energy mc2 of the atom.
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