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electron

[ih-lek-tron] / ɪˈlɛk trɒn /


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The first electron was released and accelerated by the laser field, followed by the second.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

That prediction describes the conventional process involving a single electron.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Devices designed to alter the phase of electron beams often weakened the beam too much, introduced image instability, or reduced resolution.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Now, physicists at the University of California, Berkeley, have brought that same principle to electron microscopy, a technology capable of magnifying objects roughly 10,000 times more than conventional light microscopes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Rutherford’s finding presented some large and immediate problems, not least that no electron should be able to orbit a nucleus without crashing.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Intense radiation from early galaxies gradually transformed the hydrogen by stripping electrons from its atoms, leaving behind positively charged protons and free electrons.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Rather than relying on the energy of a single returning electron, the process draws on the combined energy of two interacting electrons.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

"Using UV driving pulses, we can arrange for both electrons to return to the atom at exactly the same time," says Dimitar Popmintchev.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Similar experiments involving argon and neon did not produce the same behavior in their outer electrons.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

In K-capture, the nucleus absorbs one of the two electrons from its innermost electron “shell”— the “K” shell—thereby transforming a nuclear proton into a neutron.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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