Recent content by atommo

Many thanks @mfb for the links, that was just what I was after. @Pratyeka Fair points. Sadly I don't see myself ever getting to the point where every part of this will make sense to me. I was asking about this particular topic because I just wanted to know if they did (or in this case didn't)...

You're right, somehow I missed that. Again, an interesting read. However, ultimately it seems there really hasn't been any sort of news of micro-blackholes either way from CERN since it started operation of the LHC.

Many thanks @anorlunda for the links- they were interesting reads. However I noticed the most recent of these was from 2011. Is there really no more recent information anywhere on this? What I'm finding strange isn't a lack of information- its the lack of recent information (anything within the...

This is more of a general question than technical (but since its still physics-related I feel it still belongs in this section of the forum). Many of you probably remember back in 2008 the headlines in newspapers threatening CERN would make an 'Earth consuming' black hole - of course that...

Since I haven't heard anything else I asked around elsewhere: Q: if particles (lets say dust particles) became positively charged and their only contacts were the material stripping their electrons and filtered air, would they completely lose their electrons and not be able to charge the...

Interesting. So thunderstorms can't really run out due to outer space radiation. However, what about the example of a balloon and hair/fabric? Since that would be on the surface, I'm guessing there aren't so many free electrons available to 'recharge' the material losing electrons.

Let's say you are rubbing a balloon on your hair to make it charged. If you then discharge the balloon and rub it on your hair again (and repeat this process numerous times). Would your hair run out of electrons so eventually you would be unable to charge the balloon, or would your hair gain...

Post #19 is what I considered to be the answer I was looking for- here's how I interpreted it: - As a permanent magnet, the material has more up electrons than down so there is potential for an overall magnetic field. - As per the description in...

Honestly, the OP question has been answered but I don't see a 'mark post as best answer' button anywhere or anything of the sort...

Well not quite buzzing in circles... More like I can visualise electron clouds (since due to quantum mechanics electrons sort of appear and disappear all over a certain area rather than 'orbit' an atom). I can work out on a rather simple level the exchange of energy between these electrons. I...

That's really interesting. The next nagging question on my mind is what if you physically rotate the magnet in the direction its 'virtual current' is traveling in? Would that turn it into an actual current since you would be doing the act of physically rotating the magnet, thus the electrons...

I think that was exactly what I was wanting! Explains in an easy-to-visualise way and I think I get it now. That makes a lot more sense. So I wasn't entirely wrong; there is an electric current. Its just exclusively on the very outside of the material. Thank you!

I just have some very strange things I want to try and I learn best by visualising! For example I know that the electromagnetic force is caused by (virtual) photons emitted by Fermions (normally electrons in examples) which then interact with other Fermions in a way which either repels or...

Good spot- the green positive and negative symbols should have been swapped around. I think everything else was as I intended it though. Sorry if that led to any confusion Savage but fair enough. This was what gave me the idea of self-conatined electron flow within a magnet...

That is very true but at the same time I feel like I need to see/experience it first-hand to fully accept it