excitation

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“Putting all this together for a few atoms, under a strong pulsed excitation, is not science fiction at the moment,” del Valle says.

From Scientific American

When these same people stop or cut down on drinking, they experience the opposite of the depressant effect: a dramatic excitation of the nervous system.

From Washington Post

The scientists tested their hypothesis with lamps containing krypton chloride gas, molecules of which release UVC radiation mainly in the 222 nm range under electrical excitation.

From Scientific American

In particular, the electron can be thought of as an excitation in a quantum field known as the Dirac field, and this field may be what carries the spin of the electron.

From Scientific American

It needs to happen quickly: If the excited electron and hole happen to combine with each other before they can reach that interface, they often release their original jolt of excitation as heat, wasting it.

From Science Magazine