JON CHASE:'Gamma radiation is pure energy, 'but alpha and beta radiation exist in forms of subatomic particles. 'In this case we are looking at the effect of alpha particles. JON CHASE:'The ...

An alpha particle consists of two protons and two neutrons and is often described as a helium nucleus. It is not the same as a helium atom as it does not contain any electrons but it is written ...

in 1928 and got intrigued with this new physics. So far, people had used alpha particles (the product of natural radioactivity) and protons (hydrogen atoms, containing a positive charge of 1 ...

As part of an experiment with x-rays in 1909, Rutherford was shooting a beam of alpha particles (or alpha rays ... By all rules of classical physics, it should be very unstable.

BOMBARDMENT of stressed single crystals of cadmium by alpha-particles was found by Andrade 1 to cause a marked increase in the rate of glide under certain conditions. The crystals were stressed so ...

Hints of dark matter Antinuclei detected by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer could help physicists improve models of ... so they offer physicists opportunities to look for phenomena not described by ...

He said his organization’s experiments will provide much-needed answers to key questions in burning plasma physics, such as how to create a plasma that is self-sustained by the internal heating from ...

Walton sits in the small observation cabin and watches the produced alpha particles on a fluorescent ... heralded a “Golden Era” of particle physics. These new machines led to the discovery ...