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A simplified look into the structure of an atom

protons, neutrons, pions, and other hadrons

Figure 9: Proton force. The interaction energy of two protons is shown as a function of the distance between them. At small separations, the energy is positive and the force is repulsive. At intermediate distances, the nuclear interaction is negative and the force is attractive. At distances larger than shown on the graph, the nuclear force becomes negligible and the repulsive electric force between the two charges is all that is left. The interaction depicted is for protons with antiparallel spins.

measuring correlation between photons

Higgs boson production

proton-antiproton collision

Figure 13: Nuclear vibratory motion in the giant dipole resonance. Protons and neutrons move in opposite directions.

Why is carbon called the element of life?

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protons, neutrons, pions, and other hadrons

Figure 9: Proton force. The interaction energy of two protons is shown as a function of the distance between them. At small separations, the energy is positive and the force is repulsive. At intermediate distances, the nuclear interaction is negative and the force is attractive. At distances larger than shown on the graph, the nuclear force becomes negligible and the repulsive electric force between the two charges is all that is left. The interaction depicted is for protons with antiparallel spins.

measuring correlation between photons

Higgs boson production

proton-antiproton collision

Figure 13: Nuclear vibratory motion in the giant dipole resonance. Protons and neutrons move in opposite directions.

A simplified look into the structure of an atom

Why is carbon called the element of life?

View an animation explaining how small things like electrons and protons can behave like particles and sometimes like waves

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Stern, Otto

Otto Stern

American physicist

Robert Hofstadter

American physicist

Otto Robert Frisch

Austrian physicist

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