how does gravity variation effect atomic stability?

[blueman]

Say you hay an atom of any element, and put it in two curvature environments, one of zero-gravity, and one of massive gravity.<br /><br />Will the heavier object and corresponding field make the atom more likely to undergo any kind of physical change?

 

[Saiph]

well, aside from the time dilation effects? I don't believe so.<br /><br />Then again, by introducing gravitational potential into the setup, you will be altering the potential energy around the atom (so, not just the culombic potential anymore). However, due to the small size, and negligible mass of a single atom, the interference from a nearby electron will vastly outweigh anything gravity does. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p align="center"><font color="#c0c0c0"><br /></font></p><p align="center"><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">--------</font></em></font><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">--------</font></em></font><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">----</font></em></font><font color="#666699">SaiphMOD@gmail.com </font><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">-------------------</font></em></font></p><p><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">"This is my Timey Wimey Detector.  Goes "bing" when there's stuff.  It also fries eggs at 30 paces, wether you want it to or not actually.  I've learned to stay away from hens: It's not pretty when they blow" -- </font></em></font><font size="1" color="#999999">The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[blueman]

Thanks again, good answer, I guess I could come at this another way--are chemical reactions--and the weak nuclear force, in this case--more likely or unlikely in the heavier field?<br /><br />Also, given a supply of atoms--say a mole of some element--in which environment would we be more likely to see free electrons produced?

 

[Saiph]

the thing is, on that level gravitational influences are negligible. The electrical force is vastly more powerful than the gravity. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p align="center"><font color="#c0c0c0"><br /></font></p><p align="center"><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">--------</font></em></font><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">--------</font></em></font><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">----</font></em></font><font color="#666699">SaiphMOD@gmail.com </font><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">-------------------</font></em></font></p><p><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">"This is my Timey Wimey Detector.  Goes "bing" when there's stuff.  It also fries eggs at 30 paces, wether you want it to or not actually.  I've learned to stay away from hens: It's not pretty when they blow" -- </font></em></font><font size="1" color="#999999">The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[bushuser]

I assume the strong force and the weak force are overcome by gravity in the vicinity of objects such as neutron stars. We should ask how close could you get to such an object before electron shells are altered.

 

[vogon13]

Some time back, I speculated on a large structure rotating rapidly in space.<br /><br />The spin rate is high enough for relativistic effects to be pronounced at the tips. We would have in this case, a chronometric shearing force where adjacent atoms would be experiencing time passing at different rates. How would this effect the forces holding the object together?<br /><br />In an extreme example, one could have an atomic nucleus deflected very abrubtly, as the nucleus passed through the bend, it would also experience a chronometric shearing force across it's diameter. How would this temporal variation in the gluons and w particles affect the cohesion of the nucleus? Would the half life of such an atom be 'blurred' by the various constituents having experienced differing amounts of time?<br /><br /><br /><br />Is this more fun to think about than a gravitational difference across a nucleus?<br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>