Sentences with phrase «absorbed by the atoms»

Photons that enter the crystal at one end bounce back and forth between these «mirrors» a few thousand times before they can escape, which increases their likelihood of getting absorbed by an atom along the way.

Instead, each particle of light, or photon, is briefly absorbed by an atom in the material.

Some of the light passes through its atmosphere and key wavelengths of light are absorbed by atoms in the atmosphere leaving a fingerprint of its makeup.

That energy is thermalised when it is absorbed by an atom or molecule on the earth and raises its temperature.

Not exact matches

One key test of matter - antimatter symmetry is to compare the frequencies of light absorbed by hydrogen and antihydrogen atoms.

The more microwave radiation is absorbed by a resonator, the more likely it is to find an electron on the corresponding atom.»

The proof was the absence of frequencies that had been absorbed by vibrations in the bonds between the three atoms.

Electrons within atoms absorb light of a specific wavelength by jumping from one energy level to a higher one.

After decades of effort, physicists have probed the inner workings of atoms of antihydrogen — the antimatter version of hydrogen — by measuring for the first time a particular wavelength of light that they absorb.

After decades of effort, physicists have probed the inner working of atoms of antihydrogen — the antimatter version of hydrogen — by measuring for the first time a particular wavelength of light that they absorb.

Atoms in interstellar space absorb certain frequencies of starlight; by finding what light from any given star is «missing,» astronomers can figure out how much gas there is between us and that star.

Atoms can be cooled using lasers because light particles from the laser beam are absorbed and re-emitted by the atoms, causing them to lose some of their kinetic enAtoms can be cooled using lasers because light particles from the laser beam are absorbed and re-emitted by the atoms, causing them to lose some of their kinetic enatoms, causing them to lose some of their kinetic energy.

An atom can absorb a photon, or light particle, by boosting one of its electrons to a higher energy, but it's unstable in this state.

Their color derives from flaws in the gem's carbon structure: some of the carbon atoms have been replaced by an element, such as boron, that emits or absorbs a specific color of light.

When an already excited atom is hit by another photon, however, it can't absorb it; instead it releases a photon of the same color, or frequency.

In a traditional solar panel, silicon atoms are struck by sunlight and the atoms» outermost electrons absorb energy from some of these wavelengths of sunlight, causing the electrons to get excited.

Part of the kinetic energy of the swirling molecular ions is absorbed by the helium atoms in collisions, and these atoms in turn transfer it to the rotational motion of the ions, thus raising their rotational temperature.

Ordinary atoms can change their energy levels under the right conditions by either absorbing or emitting a photon.

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.

That incoming light is absorbed by hydrogen atoms and converted to heat energy, NASA stated, and this steady conversion of light - to - heat makes the planet appear to be pitch - black to onlookers, the researchers found.

Another reason it takes so long is because iron atoms in the sun's interior absorb — and hold — some of the energy that passes by them.

The presence of the Lyman - alpha line was unexpected: while it is frequently detected in galaxies closer to Earth, the team thought that EGSY8p7's emission line would have been absorbed when the universe was formed by the hydrogen atoms believed to inhabit the space between galaxies.

We can't even tell exactly or even approximately how much of what molecule / atom is absorbed by the body!

The point being, that the resonance emissions / absorptions of atoms / ions are not being grossly smudged out by the ambient Temperature of the sun; they remain characteristic of the atomic species that radiate / absorb them.

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

But to make some sense of your longer distance, I suppose that little bits of C02, warmed by absorbing outgoing IR, thermalize that energy to adjacent atoms, then rise to get the longer distance.

If the photon's frequency and energy is different by even a little, the atom can not absorb it (this is the basis of quantum theory).

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).

The actual resonant frequencies of resonant molecules is affected by pressure; this means more collisions between atoms, and sometimes vibrational energy can be absorbed in a collision while sometimes energy is given off.

Just like yellow light is not absorbed or emitted by H atoms, IR is not absorbed or emitted by N2 & O2.