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Particle Physics
A Quick Tour
Models of the Atom
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Thomson – Plum Pudding
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Why? Known that negative charges can be
removed from atom.
Problem: just a random guess
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Rutherford – Solar System
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Why? Scattering showed hard core.
Problem: electrons should spiral into nucleus in
~10-11 sec.
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Models of the Atom
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Bohr – fixed energy levels
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Why? Explains spectral lines.
Problem: No reason for fixed energy levels
deBroglie – electron standing waves
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Why? Explains fixed energy levels
Problem: still only works for Hydrogen.
Schrodinger – will save the day!!
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Einstein’s Nobel Prize
1905: Einstein explained the photoelectric
effect, which earned him the Nobel Prize in
1921.
Light is made of
tiny packets of
light, called
photons.
Atomic Structure
The Smallest Atom: H
Electron
Photon
Quarks
Gluons
Matter and Antimatter
Bosons
Pulling Quarks Apart
Colliding Protons
ATLAS Detector
Baryons and Mesons