Why Don't Atoms Collapse?

Most recent answer: 09/22/2017

Q:
There are four fundamental forces and Coulomb law states that positive and negative charges attract each other, the more so the closer they are to each other (~ r^-2). So what known *physical force* prevents an electron from making contact with, and getting stuck on, a proton in atoms?
- Marc Wathelet (age 55)
Brussels, Belgium
A:

See

https://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=1226
https://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=1226

Mike W.


(published on 09/22/2017)