Weighing an ant on top of an elephant: Quantum jump tipping the balance
Tiny change in the mass of individual atoms for the first time measured
08-May-2020 -
A new door to the quantum world: when an atom absorbs or releases energy via the quantum jump of an electron, it becomes heavier or lighter, according to Einstein’s theory of relativity (E = mc²). However, the effect is minuscule for a single atom. Nevertheless, the team of Klaus Blaum and Sergey ...
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