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Dr. Nick
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-We have one electron that bumps on one positron, they are particles of equal charge but different sign, between them we have attraction, culminating with annihilation.
-We have one electron that bumps on one proton, they are particles of equal charge but different sign, between them we have attraction, culminating with creation of hydrogen atom.
C’mon how, what electron “sees” in both cases is the same electric field of different charge and feels the same attraction force proscribed by Coulomb law.
What X field and X force makes electron to act different in this two cases, what?
OK proton has larger mass than electron, but it’s certainly not gravity, spin of both proton and electron/positron is s=1/2 so no difference there.
OK intuitively I would say that electron will not annihilate with proton because of that mass difference, but what field/force makes that electron to spread through space we call 1s orbital, why doesn’t that happens when electron meets positron ? What’s that difference that I’m missing here ?
-We have one electron that bumps on one proton, they are particles of equal charge but different sign, between them we have attraction, culminating with creation of hydrogen atom.
C’mon how, what electron “sees” in both cases is the same electric field of different charge and feels the same attraction force proscribed by Coulomb law.
What X field and X force makes electron to act different in this two cases, what?
OK proton has larger mass than electron, but it’s certainly not gravity, spin of both proton and electron/positron is s=1/2 so no difference there.
OK intuitively I would say that electron will not annihilate with proton because of that mass difference, but what field/force makes that electron to spread through space we call 1s orbital, why doesn’t that happens when electron meets positron ? What’s that difference that I’m missing here ?
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