Sentences with phrase «causing sodium atoms»
«So, there is a continuous plasma wind hitting Io, causing sodium atoms to be sputtered from its atmosphere,» Mendillo explained.
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When the coupling laser came back on, the incoming jolt of energy caused the altered sodium atoms to shift energy levels, in the process releasing a light pulse of the exact phase and amplitude as the one originally sent in by the probe laser.