Achilles Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Is it oscillating charges/accelerating charges that produce electromagnetic radiation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 That's one method. Electron or nuclear transitions, radioactive decay and matter/antimatter annihilation are others. Anything involving the electromagnetic interaction could do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Posted August 25, 2018 Author Share Posted August 25, 2018 Can a neutron emit electromagnetic radiation or is that only oscillating electron and proton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beecee Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, Achilles said: Can a neutron emit electromagnetic radiation or is that only oscillating electron and proton? Yes, All particles, electrons, protons and Neutrons emit EMR. All have spin, and magnetic moments aligned with that spin. All particles are made up of quarks. The Neutron has 2 Down [1/3 negative charge] and 1 Up quark [2/3 positive charge]... Doing the maths, -1/3 + -1/3 + 2/3 = 0 [hence overall neutral. ] Proton: 2 Up quarks plus 1 Down quark....2/3 + 2/3 + -1/3 = 1 [positive overall charge] [A long time ago I read a very reputable book [although much was beyond me] called the "Quark and the Jaguar"by Murray Gell-Mann. CORRECTION: Where I said "All particles are made up of quarks." is wrong. Electrons are actually fundamental. Edited August 25, 2018 by beecee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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