Sentences with phrase «as the atom absorbs»

As the atom absorbs photons, it will receive a barrage of momentum kicks in the direction that the light beam propagates.

Not exact matches

You are correct in claiming that we could come back as anything... as you decompose your atoms will be absorbed into anything and you may well be a cow horse, or part of a rain drop... in fact you may have been part of those even before you were born... your atoms are as old as the universe..

According to quantum mechanics, an atom can only absorb a photon of particular energies and colors as the electron within the atom hops from a lower energy state to a higher energy state.

As the quasar's light zips through the Fermi bubble, carbon and silicon atoms in the gas absorb certain wavelengths of ultraviolet light.

They found that just a few hundred fs after the initial ionization, the Ne atom that had absorbed the x-ray, as well as two neighboring Kr atoms, were all in an ionized, positively charged state.

Ordinarily the atom acts as a barrier to photons from the probe beam because it would first absorb them — going from its «ground» state to an «excited» state — and then shoot them back, that is, reflect them.

The photon momentum has a component that is opposite to the atomic motion and, as a result, the momentum kick of the absorbed photon slows the atom down.

A standard atomic clock takes advantage of the fact that an atom can absorb electromagnetic radiation such as light at certain frequencies as its internal structure jumps from one «quantum state» to another.

Their color derives from flaws in the gem's carbon structure: some of the carbon atoms have been replaced by an element, such as boron, that emits or absorbs a specific color of light.

On its 12 - billion - year journey, the light had passed through interstellar clouds of metals such as iron, nickel and chromium, and the researchers found these atoms had absorbed some of the photons of quasar light — but not the ones they were expecting.

Peering through a viewport, I watch as a blob of atoms absorbs photons of laser light and re-emits them at slightly higher energies, losing a bit of heat each time.

The hydrogen atoms absorbed the background radiation, and it's this change that the new study was able to detect as radio waves.

As hydrogen atoms move about in space, they can absorb small amounts of energy, sending the atom's single electron to a higher energy state.

As starlight passes through a planet's atmosphere, atoms and molecules absorb light at certain wavelengths, blocking it from the telescope's view.

Highly energetic gamma - and X-rays, with wavelengths as small as or smaller than atoms, are absorbed by oxygen and nitrogen in the upper atmosphere.

He found that gases and vapors whose molecules had three or more atoms, such as water vapor and CO2, absorbed much more of the thermal radiation passing through the tube than did two - atom molecules such as oxygen and nitrogen.

Photons of sufficient energy are absorbed by oxygen molecules and as a result the atoms of the oxygen are «blown» apart.

As a result, the receiving atom can not absorb it.

Some might argue that the term «re-radiate» should be reserved for cases where a molecule or atom absorbs a photon of a given energy, and later emits a photon of the same energy, as the excited state returns to normalcy.

Fortunately, as depicted in Figure 2 (orange «thermal down surface» arrow), some of this energy does stay in the atmosphere, where it is sent back toward Earth by clouds, released by clouds as they condense to form rain or snow, or absorbed by atmospheric gases composed of three or more atoms, such as water vapor (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O), and methane (CH4).

However, my main point was not so much about the «make up» of ozone but more about the possibility that as long as oxygen atoms and molecules absorb enough energy from UV radiation to alter their structure it may be that they also produce an increase in their heat content, which should be greater at any points nearest to the source — i.e..

Although molecules containing two atoms of different elements such as carbon monoxide (CO) or hydrogen chloride (HCl) absorb infrared radiation, these molecules are short - lived in the atmosphere owing to their reactivity and solubility.