are electrons controlled by magnetism or electricity/ or is
electricity or magnetism PROPERTIES of electrons? How many
electrons are needed for these thigns to work? Are electrons the
CAUSE of electricity? My thoughts are: We live in this modern
world of electricity, of electrons - are able to manipulate them
using easily accessable forces - magnetism, electricity. But
look at what trouble we have to go through to do anything to a
nucleus? or is that what radiation does? ARE THERE FORCES like
electricity or magnetism that operate on the level of the
nucleus? (subatomic scale)? Could we configure electrons (since
we're able to control their flow/etc easily using relatively
common materials - properties of semiconductors like silicon for
example) --could we configure them to work like machines to
control the nucleus within - to interact with it? now what about
QUARKS? the scale of these things is SO TINY that what appears
to be random or invisible to us, would be common or everyday to
things of that scale. IF it turned out that electrons had
discrete particles (could be divided), which at the moment,
they're believed to be 'solid' (probably pure fast spinning
energy, i think) - then you could use electrons to create a
computer to control those smaller particles - without the
intervention of BIG MACHINERY on this end - and be able to
display the results on the electrons themselves, without having
to move UP to our BIG level of existance. since we already
understand a lot of how to manipulate electrons, it seems
logical that we can use them to manipulate smaller things. (look
at a scanning electron microscope - to me, the ultimate use of
electrons)... - we get the electons to see themselves when they
see the tops of atoms... back to the question of 'what causes
electricity? is it a force or is it created BY electrons, OR IS
IT A property of electrons? Does it work with a SINGLE electron,
or does it need many many electrons acting in concert with each
other? And how is this related to photons / lasers? what is the
relationship between photons and electrons? I think this is the
territory of quantum electron dynamics.
