A guide to the electromagnetic spectrum and some elementary quantum physics - General

Now I know some quantum physics and understand the electromagnetic spectrum :science:

Just another quick question: are there any forms of radiation stronger gamma rays, or are all wavelengths above a certain number of Hertz classified as gamma radiation?

It feels like MC Hawking did this thread.

[QUOTE=ironman17;24443123]Just another quick question: are there any forms of radiation stronger gamma rays, or are all wavelengths above a certain number of Hertz classified as gamma radiation?[/QUOTE] I think the latter option is right, and it's difficult to get anything beyond gamma rays because our main source of them comes from nuclear decay, but have a look at this (not specifically EM radiation though): [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_rays[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-energy_cosmic_ray[/url] [quote=Wikipedia]Cosmic rays with even higher energies have since been observed. Among them was the Oh-My-God particle (a play on the nickname "God particle" for the Higgs boson) observed on the evening of 15 October 1991 over Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah. Its observation was a shock to astrophysicists, who estimated its energy to be approximately 3 × 10^20 electronvolts[3] (300 EeV or 50 joules)—[B]in other words, a subatomic particle with kinetic energy equal to that of a baseball (142 g or 5 ounces) traveling at 96 km/h (60 mph)[/B].[/quote] :gonk:

Just to clarify/add: For E/M radiation, the magnetic field musn't be perpendicular oscillating to the electric. This is only true in vacuum and depends as always on the material it is propagating through. To the Zinc atom getting ionized by a photon: It was Einstein, who described it quantized. Plank developed the idea of quanta by exploring the properties of blackbody radiation, which Einstein used to explain the outer photoelectric effect.

I'm going to study physics next year. Shit's gonna be so cash

Intresting

Feels like I'm back to the science class, on my old school. Rated informative tho. many new things I didn't knew.

Fuck yeah science! [MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlNw5ZuDYsk[/MEDIA]

Finally, someone understands this, more than me too! It makes me cry when people tell me that my phone will give me cancer.

[QUOTE=Meatpuppet;24437642]i'm pretty sure we all learned this in the 8th grade[/QUOTE] then why are over 50% of american's r'tards!? p.s. great thread, it really put it in good simple perspective, thanks :)

Very nice thread. Very nicely spaced humor also.

[QUOTE=aVoN;24445330]Just to clarify/add: For E/M radiation, the magnetic field musn't be perpendicular oscillating to the electric. This is only true in vacuum and depends as always on the material it is propagating through. To the Zinc atom getting ionized by a photon: It was Einstein, who described it quantized. Plank developed the idea of quanta by exploring the properties of blackbody radiation, which Einstein used to explain the outer photoelectric effect.[/QUOTE] This is all true and you should take note. aVoN has a degree in physics, y'see! [QUOTE=SIRIUS;24445656]then why are over 50% of american's r'tards!? p.s. great thread, it really put it in good simple perspective, thanks [/quote] [QUOTE=sbradford26;24447022]Very nice thread. Very nicely spaced humor also. :)[/QUOTE] comments like this remind me why I go on facepunch :> thanks guys!

Right on time for me to be going back to my Engineering courses. Kicking idiots in the nads errey day.

[QUOTE=First 10'er;24437860]OP: hi, i haz cool phyzic nowledge dat i took frm wikipedia, i am physician..[/QUOTE] This is basic shit i learned in 9th grade.

[QUOTE=JoeyZ;24437738]Anything that can harm your cells in any way has a chance of giving you cancer. No matter how minute it may be.[/QUOTE] Cancer from damaged cells via trauma (such as a bruise, scrape, cut or puncture) is attacked by your body's own immune system, with a certain type of lymphocyte called a natural killer cell. These natural killer cells attack potentially dangerous cells and destroy them. The type of cancer that usually kills people evades this immune response (usually due to chemicals, radiation, or old age), and thus, grows. The thing with cancer is that many people don't know that your body fights if off naturally everyday. On topic: Great thread, plan on showing it to my brother who is interested in physics.