Charged particle

In physics, a charged particle is a particle with an electric charge. It may be an ion, such as a molecule or atom with a surplus or deficit of electrons relative to protons. It can be the electrons and protons themselves, as well as other elementary particles, like positrons. It may also be an atomic nucleus devoid of electrons, such as an alpha particle, a helium nucleus. Neutrons have no charge, so they are not charged particles unless they are part of a positively charged nucleus. Plasmas are a collection of charged particles, atomic nuclei and separated electrons, but can also be a gas containing a significant proportion of charged particles. Plasma is called the fourth state of matter because its properties are quite different from solids, liquids and gases.

See also

  • Elementary particle
  • List of particles
  • Ion beam
  • Charge carrier
  • List of plasma (physics) articles
  • References


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    New neutrino detection method using water

    Phys Dot Org 28 Mar 2023
    ... subatomic particles, known as antineutrinos, using pure water. Klein notes that prior experiments have done this with a liquid scintillator, an oil-like medium that produces a lot of light when charged particles like electrons or protons pass through it ... Leading the charge....
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    A New, Massive Hole In The Sun’s Atmosphere Is Pointing At Earth

    IFL Science 28 Mar 2023
    And now there is another one ... The magnetic fields are what allow the solar wind – the stream of charged particles escaping the Sun – to move away more freely and hence more quickly. And this might lead to an increase in geomagnetic activity. Advertisement ...  Related Stories ... ....
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    Scientists discover water inside glass beads on the Moon

    The Telegraph India 28 Mar 2023
    Researchers have discovered water inside glass beads formed by violent collisions of space rocks with the surface of the Moon, suggesting their potential use by "future explorers." ... Advertisement ... How are these glass beads formed? ... The solar wind is a flow of charged particles emitted from the Sun's atmosphere across the Solar system ... ....
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    Water found inside glass beads on Moon

    The Manila Times 28 Mar 2023
    The Moon was long believed to be dry, but over the last few decades several missions have shown there is water both on the surface and trapped inside minerals ... Investigating further, they determined that the hydrogen necessary to make up the water was coming from solar wind, which sweeps charged particles across the Solar System ... .......
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    Scientists find water inside glass beads on the Moon

    Dawn 28 Mar 2023
    PARIS ... The Moon was long believed to be dry, but over the last few decades several missions have shown there is water both on the surface and trapped inside minerals ... Investigating further, they determined that the hydrogen necessary to make up the water was coming from solar wind, which sweeps charged particles across the Solar System ... ....
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    Intriguing moon water source found in glass beads from impacts

    Indian Express 28 Mar 2023
    The solar wind is a stream of charged particles, primarily protons and electrons, emanating outward from the corona, the outermost part of the sun's atmosphere, and permeating the solar system ... The moon lacks the bodies of liquid water that are a hallmark of Earth ... ....
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    Magnetic fields in multiple star systems with at least one giant, hot blue star are ...

    Phys Dot Org 28 Mar 2023
    The results significantly improve the understanding of massive stars and their role as progenitors of supernova explosions. The findings are published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ... Like the sun, massive stars have stellar winds—an energetic stream of charged particles ... Swetlana Hubrig. More information ... DOI ... Citation....
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    Two moons of Uranus may have active subsurface oceans

    Principia Scientific 27 Mar 2023
    This detection came in the form of “trapped” energetic particles the spacecraft spotted as it departed the ice giant ... The data examined by Cohen and the team was collected by the APL-built Low-Energy Charged Particle (LECP) instrument on Voyager 2, which characterized the population of trapped particles....
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    A robust quantum memory that stores information in a trapped-ion quantum network

    Phys Dot Org 27 Mar 2023
    Trapped ions, charged atomic particles that are confined in space using electromagnetic fields, are a commonly used platform for realizing quantum computations. Photons (i.e., the particles of light), on the other hand, are generally used to transmit quantum information between distant nodes ... More information. P ... DOI. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.090803 ... .......
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    Scientists discover water inside tiny beads of glass on moon

    Al Jazeera 27 Mar 2023
    The solar wind is a stream of charged particles, primarily protons and electrons, emanating outward from the corona, the outermost part of the sun’s atmosphere, and permeating the solar system ...Heat the glass beads to free the water’. The moon lacks the bodies of liquid water that are a hallmark of Earth ... ....
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    Scientists find water inside glass beads on the MoonThe Moon was long believed to be ...

    Deccan Herald 27 Mar 2023
    The Moon was long believed to be dry, but over the last few decades several missions have shown there is water both on the surface and trapped inside minerals ... Read ... Read ... Investigating further, they determined that the hydrogen necessary to make up the water was coming from solar wind, which sweeps charged particles across the Solar System ... Sign Up....
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    The bumpy spoon that tricks you into eating less sugar – and the chopsticks that ...

    The Daily Mail 27 Mar 2023
    The spoon, which is in the early design stages, would have bumps on the underside to increase the surface area that has physical contact with the taste buds on our tongue ... The scientists used a weak electrical current to transmit sodium ions [charged particles] from food, through the chopsticks, to the mouth where they create a sense of saltiness ... ....
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    Two of Uranus’ moons could host oceans, new research suggests

    Digital Trends 26 Mar 2023
    One reason could be that either or both of the moons have oceans beneath icy crusts and are throwing out particles in plumes ... The researchers looked at data from Voyager 2’s Low-Energy Charged Particle (LECP) instrument, designed to measure various types of ions, electrons, and cosmic rays....

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