The quantity in question is the fine - structure constant, a number that governs the strength
of electromagnetic interactions (SN: 11/12/16, p. 24), such as those that confine electrons within atoms.
«Physicists trace origin
of electromagnetic interaction to Dirac equation.»
An international group of physicists has traced the origin
of an electromagnetic interaction to the Dirac equation, a fundamental equation of quantum physics.
Dirac's 1927 paper on this interaction is seen as the first step tow - ards a theory now called quantum electro - dynamics or QED, the theory
of the electromagnetic interaction of charged particles.
When the electrons and the lattice experience a particular kind
of electromagnetic interaction, or coupling, the energy potential for the electron is lowered, thus trapping it within the lattice.
Not exact matches
Likewise, the ratio
of electrons to protons can not vary by more than 1 part in 10 to the 37th power or else
electromagnetic interactions would prevent chemical reactions.
Likewise, the ratio
of electrons to protons can not vary by more than 1 part in 1037 or else
electromagnetic interactions would prevent chemical reactions.
Dr. Nicholas X. Fang, Professor
of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and co-principal investigator
of the project, said «We are very excited that this MIT - Masdar Institute collaboration has led to new insights in the emerging field
of plasmonics, which quantify the
interactions between the
electromagnetic field and free electrons in a metal.
The
interaction couples the spin
of the electron to the angular momentum
of the
electromagnetic field and it is responsible for a variety
of phenomena in a large class
of technologically important materials.
The energy loss function represents the level
of interaction between the material and
electromagnetic waves, and is expressed in terms
of the change in the amount
of energy lost from electrons and the change in momentum due to corresponding scattering events occurring in the material.
The Casimir forces are due to the quantisation
of electromagnetic fluctuations in vacuum, while the weak nuclear
interactions are mediated by subatomic scale particles, originally called mesons by Yukawa.
«One
of the great recent achievements
of modern physics is a quantum field theory in which weak and
electromagnetic interactions are understood to arise from a common symmetry.
This model describes three types
of forces:
electromagnetic interactions, which cause all phenomena associated with electric and magnetic fields and the spectrum
of electromagnetic radiation; strong
interactions, which bind atomic nuclei; and the weak nuclear force, which governs beta decay — a form
of natural radioactivity — and hydrogen fusion, the source
of the sun's energy.
Along with gravity, the
electromagnetic interaction and weak nuclear force, strong -
interactions are one
of four fundamental forces.
Lead scientist Professor Tim Gershon, from The University
of Warwick's Department
of Physics, explains: «Gravity describes the universe on a large scale from galaxies to Newton's falling apple, whilst the
electromagnetic interaction is responsible for binding molecules together and also for holding electrons in orbit around an atom's nucleus.
Due in part to the forces» relative simplicity, scientists have previously been able to solve the equations behind gravity and
electromagnetic interactions, but the strength
of the strong
interaction makes it impossible to solve the equations in the same way.
The basic idea is that, in the case
of large nuclei such as gold, which have a very large positive electric charge,
electromagnetic interactions play a much more important role in particle production than they do in the case when two small, equally charged protons collide.
Spectroscopy: The study
of the
interaction between
electromagnetic radiation and matter, with absorption or emission
of radiant energy.
A soundscape
of the
interactions of electromagnetic particles from the solar wind, ionosphere, and various planets» magnetospheres permeates through the gallery.
Including, in particular, their
interactions with certain
of the Traveling
Electromagnetic Waves.
Electromagnetic interactions are certainly a candidate and the contribution
of resonances is almost always «underinvestigated»
Radiation exposure is the
interaction of charged particles and
electromagnetic radiation with a spacecraft's surfaces, instruments, and electronic components.
Radiation and matter:
Interactions of electromagnetic radiation with molecules.
The inner planets and the outer planets have their own separate periods
of harmonic oscillation as a result
of billions
of years
of gravitational, tidal and
electromagnetic interactions that are in a resonate pattern, the inner planets have a beat frequency
of about 6558 day period with the outer planets settled into a period
of somewhere between 172 and 179 years.
Encyclopedia
of planetary sciences says «Absorption is the conversion
of electromagnetic energy to another form
of energy through
interaction with matter.