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Re: [Phys-l] Prising electrons from the atom



"Radioactivity is an "earthly" occurrence. Electron capture (i.e.
inverse beta-decay of a neutron) is readily observable. It is
the merger of an electron into a nucleus." [JD]



That's why it's called "K capture" and not l, etc. . [referring to JU]

bc thinks, referring to what I think is sr's original thought, electron colliders have been doing this for years.


On 2008, Dec 17, , at 08:19, Jack Uretsky wrote:

1. I don't think that yuu are reading the "simplified explanation"
carefully. "Does not merge with" is not the same as "keeps away from".
As a matter-of-fact the s-orbitals of hydrogen, for example, spend a
fraction of teir time inside the nucleus.