? Electron Split?

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_dee - 14 Sep 2007 08:22 GMT

I just ran across mention of an article (by Marcus Chown?) about
splitting an electron. Could not find the article or any followup
info. Was this some kind of hoax?

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aasigma - 23 Sep 2007 14:49 GMT

> I just ran across mention of an article (by Marcus Chown?) about
> splitting an electron. Could not find the article or any followup
> info. Was this some kind of hoax?

Electron is a fermion and it can be splitted into quarks .

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PD - 24 Sep 2007 22:23 GMT

> I just ran across mention of an article (by Marcus Chown?) about
> splitting an electron. Could not find the article or any followup
> info. Was this some kind of hoax?

No, it's probably just a really bad exposition of the science.
Electrons are fundamental particles as far as we know (though that may
mean a particular vibrational mode of a string). Electrons can produce
pairs of particles via some processes, but this does NOT mean that the
particles were inside the electron in the first place.

PD

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Autymn D. C. - 01 Oct 2007 14:45 GMT

> I just ran across mention of an article (by Marcus Chown?) about
> splitting an electron. Could not find the article or any followup
> info. Was this some kind of hoax?

"electrino"?

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Benj - 02 Oct 2007 14:23 GMT

> > I just ran across mention of an article (by Marcus Chown?) about
> > splitting an electron. Could not find the article or any followup
> > info. Was this some kind of hoax?
>
> "electrino"?

Autymno?

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? Electron Split?