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Whats the shape of an electron(e-)...?
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14 Dec '12 02:04 pm
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Conventionally, people think that the electron is round like a little ball. But some advanced theories of physics speculate that it's not round,Current theories also suggest that if the electron is more or less round, then there ought to be equal amounts of matter and anti-matter - which, as its name suggests, is the opposite of matter.
Instead, astronomers have observed a Universe made up largely of matter. But that is an observation that could be explained if the electron were found to be more egg-shaped than the Standard Model predicts.
Although the shape of the electron could have an important bearing on the future theories of particle physics, Dr Hudson's main motivation is simply curiosity.
"We really should know what the shape of the electron is," he said.
"It's one of the basic building blocks of matter and if this isn't what physicists do I don't know what we should do".
Answered by Ataur Rahman, 14 Dec '12 02:06 pm
Instead, astronomers have observed a Universe made up largely of matter. But that is an observation that could be explained if the electron were found to be more egg-shaped than the Standard Model predicts.
Although the shape of the electron could have an important bearing on the future theories of particle physics, Dr Hudson's main motivation is simply curiosity.
"We really should know what the shape of the electron is," he said.
"It's one of the basic building blocks of matter and if this isn't what physicists do I don't know what we should do".
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