Sentences with phrase «charged subatomic particles»

They are energetic charged subatomic particles, originating from outer space.

Some of the protons, positively charged subatomic particles, dissipate on impact.

When a high - energy gamma ray from a blazar strikes air molecules in the upper regions of Earth's atmosphere, it produces a cascade of charged subatomic particles.

Observations from the Ulysses spacecraft, which launched in 1990 show the stream of charged subatomic particles emitted from the Sun's upper atmosphere has dropped 20 % since the mid-1990s.

Not exact matches

Positron A subatomic particle with the same mass as an electron, but bearing a positive charge.

Antimatter is essentially the opposite of matter, in which the subatomic particles (protons and electrons) of antimatter have charges opposite to those of ordinary matter.

While the charge and spin properties of electrons are widely utilized in modern day technologies such as transistors and memories, another aspect of the subatomic particle has long remained uncharted.

And unlike many other subatomic particles, neutrinos have no charge, so they travel in a straight line from their source without being deflected by the magnetic fields around stars.

positron A subatomic particle with the mass of an electron, but a positive electrical charge.

As I understand it, the basic theory is that incoming charged particles provide additional cloud condensation nucleii (like the cloud chambers used as detectors in early subatomic physics), that the rate of incoming particles is modulated by the magnetic fields of the sun and earth, and that therefore the amount of cloud cover varies with the particle flux, which in turn drives climate, so we can stop worrying about CO2.