Sentences with phrase «emit flashes of»

The beast apparently uses them to emit flashes of bright blue - green light when threatened.

If these muons happen, in turn, to pass through something dense but transparent, such as water or ice, they emit flashes of light...

In every curve, the fast particles emit flashes of light which add up to an intense laser pulse.

These names come from the fact that some species as adults emit flashes of light to attract mates, using special light - emitting organs in the abdomen.

When a star explodes into a supernova, it emits a flash of light that can appear brighter than a galaxy.

It might make a sound, or emit a flash of light or a vibration.

Not exact matches

Ideally, the electron gains so much energy in the laser field that upon impact with the atom, a much shorter flash of light with very high energy is emitted — an attosecond laser pulse, with a frequency in the ultraviolet - or x-ray regime.

Strogatz explores dozens of strange synchronous phenomena, from hands clapping in unison to the rhythmic flashing of fireflies to laser beams produced by trillions of atoms emitting light waves in phase at the same frequency.

Piecing together clues about the colour, speed, and the power of these flashes, we conclude that this light is being emitted from the base of the black hole jet.

When these gamma rays reach the Earth's atmosphere they are absorbed, producing a short - lived shower of secondary particles that emit weak flashes of bluish light known as Cherenkov radiation, lasting just a few billionths of a second.

That's the prediction of a disputed new model in which GRBs — the most powerful explosions in the universe — aim their energy like a rifle shot, whereas x-ray flashes emit broader fans of energy.

In fact, it's a kilometre - long string of shiny, bulbous detectors designed to look for flashes of light emitted by neutrinos smashing into the ice.

Kubodera's videos, which captured 14 attack behaviors, showed that as a squid approached, it sometimes emitted a short flash from photophores (light - producing organs) on the tips of its arms, perhaps in an effort to blind its prey or to illuminate it for easier capture.

They're buried deep down in the ice, but they register the flashes of light that emitted when neutrinos interact with an atom and produces a new particle called a muon as the moon — muon travels through the ice, that's what lights it up.

When a collision happens, a xenon atom will recoil and emit a tiny flash of light, which is detected by LUX's light sensors.

The South Pole detectors are looking for Cherenkov light emitted when muons hit the ice, and IceCube will be watching a cubic kilometer of ice for these ephemeral flashes.

In one feature, oceanographer Edie Widder finds that the dark abyss of the ocean actually crackles with enigmatic flashes from light - emitting creatures.

Vertical strings of detectors frozen into the ice watch for flashes of blue light emitted when neutrinos strike.

An even more interesting possibility, however, is that x-ray flashers come from explosions in even more distant regions of the universe, where cosmic expansion since the Big Bang would have shifted emitted gamma rays into the x-ray range and intergalactic gas blocks visible afterglow, as none of these x-ray flashes have been observed to have a detectable, visible - light afterglow.

The electrons are then directed through long, special arrangements of magnets (undulators) in which they emit extremely short and intense X-ray flashes with laser properties.

The only flashes of something more bombastic is the two large panels at the side that emit light, which can be turned off entirely or have the color changed to match an existing setup.

When you're 10 years old, and a fan of silly cartoon characters who emit bright colors and flash stupid grins, Crash Bandicoot doesn't need to say much to grab your attention.

It should flash the tons per hour of CO2 the town is currently emitting.

In addition, a flashing, red light emitting diode (LED) is incorporated into the design of the lockset and offers an indicator that the lock has been activated or disengaged.