The positively charged particle at the heart of the atom is an object
of unspeakable complexity, one that changes its appearance depending
on how it is probed. We’ve attempted to connect the proton’s many
faces to form the most complete picture yet.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/inside-the-proton-the-most-complicated-thing-imaginable-20221019/
The positively charged particle at the heart of the atom is an object
of unspeakable complexity, one that changes its appearance depending
on how it is probed. We've attempted to connect the proton's many
faces to form the most complete picture yet.
Aether Regained <AetherRegaind@invalid.com> wrote:
https://www.quantamagazine.org/inside-the-proton-the-most-complicated-thing-imaginable-20221019/
The positively charged particle at the heart of the atom is an object
of unspeakable complexity, one that changes its appearance depending
on how it is probed. We've attempted to connect the proton's many
faces to form the most complete picture yet.
Yes, and so what?
Jan
it is a good reminder that everything we know about the
atomic/subatomic world comes from the following types of
experiments:
1. Spectral analysis. The oldest technique, but mostly refined in
the mid-late 1800s
2. The early trons/tubes e.g. electron discovery by J.J.Thomson in
1890. The old analog CRT oscilloscope on which all of electronics
depended is essentially a glorified Crookes tube!
Tektronix: The Cathode Ray Tube - Window to Electronics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHGAnJjnNY0
Oscilloscopes and Transducers - An Introduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxwDn9ag3gc
3. Scattering/collision experiments using radioactivity products
starting with Rutherford in 1905, and continuing with cosmic and
terrestrial particle accelerators, in conjunction with sophisticated detectors.
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