High-flying Electrons May Provide New Test Of Quantum Theory
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 13:55
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers believe they can achieve a significant increase in the accuracy of one of the fundamental constants of nature by boosting an electron to an orbit as far as possible from the atomic nucleus that binds it. The experiment could put the modern theory of the atom to the most stringent tests yet.
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