Wednesday 20 November 2019

experimental physics - Does gravity affects on electrons in a noticeable way?



Is there a way to force a free electron move in a low speed in order to observe it actually hitting 'on the floor'?



Answer



William Fairbank conducted an experiment in the 1980s that demonstrated that electrons fall in a gravitational field just like their mass would imply.


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