Rydberg atom simulates Trojan asteroids - physicsworld.com - 3 views
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santecarloni on 02 Feb 12The atom may not be a planetary system, but under specific circumstances it can behave like one. That is the curious finding of physicists in Austria and the US, who have confirmed a 1994 prediction that, in the presence of an applied electromagnetic field, electrons in very highly energized atomic states should behave like the Trojan asteroids of Jupiter.
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LeopoldS on 05 Feb 12Bohr's model finally not so wrong?