Proton Smaller Than Thought�May Rewrite Laws of Physics
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From: Billy on 9 Jul 2010 01:18 In article <NbSdnVxspLt8e6nRnZ2dnUVZ8vudnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, Yousuf Khan <bbbl67(a)spammenot.yahoo.com> wrote: Good article, thank you. But what an odd place to find it. > Proton Smaller Than Thought�May Rewrite Laws of Physics > "For each hydrogen atom, the team replaced the atom's electron with a > particle called a muon, which is 200 times more massive than an electron. > > "Because the muon is so much heavier, it orbits very close to the > proton, so it is sensitive to the proton's size," said team member Aldo > Antognini, of the Paul-Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. > > Muons are unstable, and they decay into other particles in just 2.2 > microseconds. The team knew that firing a laser at the atom before the > muon decays should excite the muon, causing it to move to a higher > energy level�a higher orbit around the proton. The muon should then > release the extra energy as x-rays and move to a lower energy level. > > The distance between these energy levels is determined by the size of > the proton, which in turn dictates the frequency of the emitted x-rays. > > But based on the accepted proton radius, the experiment failed to > produce x-rays at the anticipated frequency." > http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/07/100707-science-proton-smaller- > standard-model-quantum-physics/ -- - Billy "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini. http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/maude http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/28/naomi_klein_the_real_crime_scene
From: Billy on 10 Jul 2010 00:56 In article <4c376675(a)news.bnb-lp.com>, Yousuf Khan <bbbl67(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On 7/9/2010 11:18 AM, Billy wrote: > > In article<NbSdnVxspLt8e6nRnZ2dnUVZ8vudnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, > > Yousuf Khan<bbbl67(a)spammenot.yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > Good article, thank you. But what an odd place to find it. > > What do you mean? > > Yousuf Khan > > >> Proton Smaller Than Thought�May Rewrite Laws of Physics > >> "For each hydrogen atom, the team replaced the atom's electron with a > >> particle called a muon, which is 200 times more massive than an electron. > >> > >> "Because the muon is so much heavier, it orbits very close to the > >> proton, so it is sensitive to the proton's size," said team member Aldo > >> Antognini, of the Paul-Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. > >> > >> Muons are unstable, and they decay into other particles in just 2.2 > >> microseconds. The team knew that firing a laser at the atom before the > >> muon decays should excite the muon, causing it to move to a higher > >> energy level�a higher orbit around the proton. The muon should then > >> release the extra energy as x-rays and move to a lower energy level. > >> > >> The distance between these energy levels is determined by the size of > >> the proton, which in turn dictates the frequency of the emitted x-rays. > >> > >> But based on the accepted proton radius, the experiment failed to > >> produce x-rays at the anticipated frequency." > >> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/07/100707-science-proton-small > >> er- > >> standard-model-quantum-physics/ National Geographic isn't the place I'd expect breaking peer reviewed reports. -- - Billy "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini. http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/maude http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/28/naomi_klein_the_real_crime_scene
From: Billy on 10 Jul 2010 12:17
In article <i191j5$6ba$5(a)news.eternal-september.org>, eric gisse <jowr.pi.nospam(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Billy wrote: > [...] > > > National Geographic isn't the place I'd expect breaking peer reviewed > > reports. > > The report was published in Nature. You are correct. I should have read the fine print at the bottom of the article, instead of just the URL <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/07/100707-science-proton-sm aller-standard-model-quantum-physics/> -- - Billy "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini. http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/maude http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/28/naomi_klein_the_real_crime_scene |