Path: csiph.com!feeder.erje.net!2.us.feeder.erje.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!nntp.TheWorld.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: Electron period Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 15:56:38 +0000 (UTC) Organization: The World : www.TheWorld.com : Since 1989 Lines: 8 Message-ID: References: <1dc374f8-5548-4df6-9441-663708e4c5da@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shell01.theworld.com X-Trace: pcls7.std.com 1487001398 8579 192.74.137.71 (13 Feb 2017 15:56:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@TheWorld.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 15:56:38 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: nn/6.6.5 Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:618437 john writes: > http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v419/n6909/full/419789a.html That whole article is about using a high energy pulse to kick an electron out of an inner orbit and measuring the response time for another electron to fall back into the hole generated, and in the process its energy kicks out another (Auger) electron and timing that.