charged particles
Electrons and protons
Charged particles are atoms or subatomic particles carrying an electrical charge—positive or negative.
Electrons carry negative charge; protons carry positive.
Ions are atoms that have gained or lost electrons, becoming charged.
Charged particles interact with electromagnetic fields, making them central to electricity, plasma physics, and particle accelerators: The aurora forms when charged particles from the sun strike the atmosphere.
- magnetic fieldForce zone around magnets
- plasmaElectrified matter state
- solar windContinuous stellar particle emission
- magnetosphereCelestial body's protective field
- ionsAtoms bearing charge
electric field · plasma instabilities · ionization · aurora · tokamak · cyclotron · ion thruster · cathode rays · collider · spark · voltage · static electricity · zap · anode · atoms · current · field · accelerator
- plasmaplasma, ions, electrons, protons, ionosphere
- particle physicsquark, quarks, lepton, leptons, boson
- plasma physicsplasma, ionized gas, ionized gases, ions, electrons
- cosmic rayscosmic rays, cosmic radiation, solar rays, proton, protons
- ionsion, ions, anion, cation, anions
- Space Radiationcosmic rays, solar radiation, radiation exposure, radiation shielding, radiation dose