Physics · Atoms
Consider aiming a beam of free electrons towards free protons. When they scatter, an electron and a proton cannot combine to produce a H-atom in the ground state without a third body or mechanism:
- 1because of simultaneous energy and momentum conservation.✓
- 2without simultaneously releasing energy in the form of radiation.
- 3solely because of momentum conservation.
- 4solely because of angular momentum conservation.
Correct answer
because of simultaneous energy and momentum conservation.
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