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> Their electrons would radiate energy when orbiting What phenomenon would make them lose energy?
by shakow 6y ago
> Their electrons would radiate energy when orbiting
What phenomenon would make them lose energy?
- jbay808 6y agoUnder the assumption that the electron is a point charge moving in a circular path, it radiates electromagnetic energy as it moves, in the form of field ripples. This gif is for a 1d oscillation rather than an orbit, but it does a good job of conveying the idea. https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ExhaustedAlarmedDeinonychus-size_restricted.gif https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ExhaustedAlarmedDeinonychus-size_r... Interestingly enough, if the electron were a continuous ring (like Saturn's rings) rather than a point charge, it could orbit without losing energy, generating only a static magnetic field. I don't know why this model rarely comes up in explorations of classical physics models of the atom.