Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Day 10: Where Now?

We still haven't figured out the mechanism of a beta decay. Why is it that an ELECTRON would fly out of the nucleus? The answer involves quarks.





A quark is found inside of protons or neutrons. When a quark becomes unstable, a neutron can turn into a proton. To keep charges balanced, an electron also comes ripping out.



BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.... Instead, check out this website to find out about:
quarks

  • the standard model
  • antimatter
  • particle detectors
  • how particle detectors work
  • how this benefits science
  • how this benefits society
Gather all this information into a digital document (a Linoit or Google Doc is suggested) and include any questions you still have.

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