'X'cellent Power: Physicists Create 'Molecular Black Hole' Using Ultra-Intense X-Ray Pulses
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - 16:02
in Physics & Chemistry
As a powerful X-ray light hits a molecule, the heaviest atom absorbs a few hundred times more X-rays than all the other atoms and strips away most of its electrons. This creates a large positive charge that steadily pulls electrons from the other atoms in the molecule to fill vacancies like a short-lived black hole.