How long does it take an electron to travel from an atom to the next atom?

Scientists say they have discovered how long it takes electrons to hop between atoms: about 320 quintillionths of a second.

The journal Nature publishes this week a study of electronic dynamics ("Direct observation of electron dynamics in the attosecond domain"). The participants of this study, together with other researchers, have been professors Daniel Sánchez-Portal and Pedro Miguel Etxenike from the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC).

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news5334.html">How long does it take an electron to travel from an atom to the next atom?</a></p> <p>Scientists say they have discovered how long it takes electrons to hop between atoms: about 320 quintillionths of a second. <br> <br>The journal <i>Nature</i> publishes this week a study of electronic dynamics ("Direct observation of electron dynamics in the attosecond domain"). The participants of this study, together with other researchers, have been professors Daniel Sánchez-Portal and Pedro Miguel Etxenike from the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC).</p>