electron: Media
subatomic particle
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Explore an atom's interior to discover the layout of its nucleus, protons, and electrons.
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Atomic model of electron configurations.
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Learn about carbon and how it forms the basis of life.
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A lesson on how small things, like electrons and protons, can behave like both a...
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Matter as defined by the Pauli exclusion principle.
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A demonstration of the wave-particle duality of an electron.
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Electrons fill in shell and subshell levels in a semi-regular process, as indicated...
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Figure 5: Plots of electron density in the xz plane of atomic hydrogen are...
Daniel Kleppner and William P. Spencer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Bohr theory sees an electron (left) as a point mass occupying certain energy...
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Feynman diagram of a complex interaction between two electrons (e−),...
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When a beam of X-rays is aimed at a target material, some of the beam is deflected,...
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Electrons and positrons produced simultaneously from individual gamma rays curl in...
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Tracks emerging from a proton-antiproton collision at the centre of the UA1 detector...
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Figure 2: Transition of an electron from the valence band to the conduction band...
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A burst of energy excites electrons in more than half of the atoms from their ground...
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Figure 5: (A) Monochromatic light incident on a pair of slits gives interference...
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Figure 5: The world lines of an electron (moving forward in time) and a positron...
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