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  3. From: snyder@henry.ece.cmu.edu (John Snyder)
  4. Subject: Re: ATOMS & ELECTRONS
  5. Message-ID: <C1JH08.6Ev@fs7.ece.cmu.edu>
  6. Sender: news@fs7.ece.cmu.edu (USENET News System)
  7. Organization: Physics Department, Carnegie Mellon University
  8. References: <1993Jan19.203435.9707@sfu.ca> <1jipr8INN9vo@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> <1993Jan23.220138.15459@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu>
  9. Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 00:50:29 GMT
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  12. In article <1993Jan23.220138.15459@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu> mkagalen@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (michael kagalenko) writes:
  13. >In article <1jipr8INN9vo@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> angelyn@fridge.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Angelyn P. Williams) writes:
  14. >>In article <1993Jan19.203435.9707@sfu.ca> Leigh Palmer, palmer@sfu.ca writes:
  15. >>
  16. >>>In article <16302@hq.hq.af.mil> John C Pope, jpope@pafosu1.hq.af.mil
  17. >>>writes:
  18. >>
  19. >>>>  *   Why do the elctrons (of an atom) not go crashing into the protons?
  20. >>
  21.  
  22. Actually, there is a finite probability that they do, isn't there?  
  23. Isn't that what electron capture is?  The electron has a finite
  24. probability density inside the nucleus, and can react with
  25. a proton to form an electron.
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  27. John
  28. snyder@henry.ece.cmu.edu
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