Members DeepEnd Posted September 15, 2014 Members Share Posted September 15, 2014 Unfortunately, it only produces a D note: http://www.delhidailynews.com/news/Sound-of-a-single-atom-captured-1410541067/. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted September 15, 2014 Members Share Posted September 15, 2014 20 octaves up sounds too low for an atom. (?) Must be subharmonic filtered by the medium. (?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted September 15, 2014 Author Members Share Posted September 15, 2014 It's "an artificial atom 0.01 millimeters long". A real atom wouldn't be anywhere near that big. The "sound" is probably a good deal lower because of the size of the "atom". According to Wikipedia, a Cesium atom, which is fairly large for a naturally occuring atom, is 225 X 10^-9 mm (225 picometers) across (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom#Shape_and_size). That's 0.000000000225mm compared to 0.01mm or 1/44444444.44444445 as large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted September 15, 2014 Members Share Posted September 15, 2014 Deep down I knew there was something fishy about D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted September 15, 2014 Members Share Posted September 15, 2014 Couldn't they just compute the particle cycles? Or funnier just listen to "inert" objects for their audio signature. Truly strange cosm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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