Across
- 4. the effect in which an electron in a metal surface is ejected by absorption of a quantum of energy
- 9. the meaning of the square of a wavefunction's amplitude
- 10. the fundamental charged particle that carries energy in a metal wire
- 12. the quantized energy packet of the electromagnetic field
- 13. developed the uncertainty principle
- 14. physicist that proposed the existence of matter waves
Down
- 1. the minimum exact energy required to free an electron from a metal surface
- 2. discovered the electron
- 3. studied the scattering of high-energy photons off of electrons
- 5. discovered that the electrons in an atom are distributed far from the nucleus in a manner inconsistent with classical physics
- 6. discovered that light energy comes in discreet packets
- 7. the name for a perfect absorber or emitter of electromagnetic energy
- 8. female physicist who first explained nuclear fission
- 11. discovered antimatter in the form of the positron (anti-electron)