Upheval Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Hey guys! A quick question from a N00B to this site. Do objects in space have an electrical charge? Can particles from the sun or particles in general colliding with other matter create an electrical charge or electrical potential on the object their colliding with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jian Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Charges always exist. Usually they are inside neutral objects. Once the charges are separated, the system energy is increased because of electrostatic interaction. This situation is not favoured. For the second question, I think the answer probably is yes because there are kinetic energy involved. However, it always need to obey the conservation of charge, energy, momentum, angular momentum and other conservation laws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDG Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Yes, there are many charged particles in space. See for example the Van Allen Belts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
einsteinium Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 What about seriously dislocated electrons? Could they be floating in space with no protons to cling to or would they undergo transformation forming photons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 What about seriously dislocated electrons? Could they be floating in space with no protons to cling to or would they undergo transformation forming photons? Electrons don't transform into photons. Yes, there could be free electrons in space, and free protons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severian Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Charges always exist. Not sure what you mean by that. There are neutral fundamental particles, such as the Z boson, the photon and the neutrino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameron marical Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 what would a free electron be classified as, space radiation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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