Naked Science Forum
Non Life Sciences => Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology => Topic started by: thedoc on 27/11/2012 15:47:38
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Can you see or accurately visualise sub atomic particles or are they known only by maths and/or inference?
Asked by Robert Pettitt, via twitter
Visit the webpage for the podcast in which this question is answered. (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/show/20121125/)
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We answered this question on the show...
Martin - You can see a nucleus and the nucleus of a hydrogen atom is a proton which is the same. You can't see below that at least with a source of neutrons that ISIS produce, but you can see down to the level of the proton.
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Using scattering techniques you can image inside the nucleus and distinguish three groups of charge, i.e. the quarks.