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本帖最后由 NO_BOUNDRIES 于 2012-11-13 00:10 编辑
We can distinguish three different
realms of matter, three levels on the
quantum ladder. The first is the atomic
realm, which includes the world of
(5) atoms, their interactions, and the
structures that are formed by them,
such as molecules, liquids and solids,
and gases and plasmas. This realm
includes all the phenomena of atomic
(10) physics, chemistry, and, in a certain
sense, biology. The energy exchanges
taking place in this realm are of a
relatively low order. If these exchanges
are below one electron volt, such as in
(15) the collisions between molecules of the
air in a room, then atoms and molecules
can be regarded as elementary particles.
That is, they have "conditional
elementarity" because they keep their
(20) identity and do not change in any
collisions or in other processes at
these low energy exchanges. If one goes
to higher energy exchanges, say 10,000
electron volts, then atoms and
(25) molecules will decompose into nuclei
and electrons; at this level, the
latter particles must be considered
as elementary. We find examples of
structures and processes of this first
(30) rung of the quantum ladder on Earth, on
planets, and on the surfaces of stars.
The next rung is the nuclear realm.
Here the energy exchanges are much
higher, on the order of millions of
(35) electron volts. As long as we are
dealing with phenomena in the atomic
realm, such amounts of energy are
unavailable, and most nuclei are inert:
they do not change. However, if one
(40) applies energies of millions of
electron volts, nuclear reactions,
fission and fusion, and the processes
of radioactivity occur; our elementary
particles then are protons, neutrons,
(45) and electrons. In addition, nuclear
processes produce neutrinos, particles
that have no detectable mass or charge.
In the universe, energies at this level
are available in the centers of stars
(50) and in star explosions. Indeed, the
energy radiated by the stars is produced
by nuclear reactions. The natural
radioactivity we find on Earth is the
long-lived remnant of the time when
(55) now-earthly matter was expelled into
space by a major stellar explosion.
The third rung of the quantum ladder
is the subnuclear realm. Here we are
dealing with energy exchangers of many
(60) billions of electron volts. We encounter
excited nucleons, new types of particles
such as mesons, heavy electrons,
quarks, and gluons, and also antimatter
in large quantities. The gluons are the
(65) quanta, or smallest units, of the force
(the strong force) that keeps the quarks
together. As long as we are dealing with
the atomic or nuclear realm, these new
types of particles do not occur and the
(70) nucleons remain inert. But at
subnuclear energy levels, the nucleons
and mesons appear to be composed of
quarks, so that the quarks and gluons
figure as elementary particles.
27 The passage speaks of particles as
having conditional elementarity if they
A remain unchanged at given level of
energy exchange
B cannot be decomposed into smaller
constituents
C are mathematically simpler than some
other set of particles
D release energy at a low level in
collisions
E belong to the nuclear level on the
quantum ladder
感觉A与B很不好选择,该怎么判断呢? |
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