Natural Science Forum / Physics / Particle Physics / August 2004

Quantum theory states that observation crates a relaity. i.e. Quantum
object is represented by its wave function until some one looks at
it.At that time, wave function representing an object collapses and
quantum object [i.e. photon,electron etc) takes definite state.

When an electron and a positron annihilate, one speaks of the 511 kev peak.
But a mass equal to 1022 kev gets destroyed, so i am wondering why we see a
peak at 511 kev?

The gravitational force is caused by spin 2 force carriers.
When these interact with vacuum particles and protons and electrons
they become fermions with positive and negative electric charges.
Gravity is a pushing force caused by the spin 2 carriers and

Is it possible that electron transitions from a high energy state to a
low energy state are caused by the electrons interacting with some
other partilces in the space around atoms.Let's look at the case of a
hydrogen atom:

On Aug 27, 2004, at 3:53 PM, Jack Sarfatti wrote:
PS I should make it clear that this latest paper by Hal Puthoff is a
GOOD paper! It is very useful. Good references and it shows WHY Hal's
approach here is wrong. It is wrong because it is incomplete not because

I'm doing a little research on CP Violation at the moment and was
wondering if anyone has any simple explanations of the phenomena.
Thanks,
Aidan

I know naught of which I speak, but I enjoy following the field.  I
don't know any of the math but I think I have a decent conceptual
understanding, for a layman.
A while back I was thinking about a baryon composed of three down

Anyone know of a good, solid reference for hydrogen's experimental, observed
value of its Rydberg constant or its ground state binding energy?
Thanks for the info,
Steve Bell

After quarks have been discovered, are there any experiments also able to
verify the fractional charge associated with each type of quarks?  Or is
that the fractional charge theoretically established?
Does any one know how the three quarks made up a proton are arranged

If a bubble of  lets say Helium was released into space, would it stay as a
bubble or disperse into particles

This message is posted by a concerned physicist, not at all a Luddite,
and I think the human species and other life on Earth should get an
answer before the curious cats among us produce a "mini Big Bang"
anywhere in this part of the universe, like is being planned for 2007

Given that the electrical resistivity of
Cu is 1.7 micro ohm cm and the bigger atom
Ag is 1.6 micro ohm cm, why is still bigger atom
Au 2.2 micro ohm cm?  Is this a effect from the larger

We have electrostatic fields -- and static magnetic fields.
What if the two pair up in a symbiotic relationship -- like
people, the farmer takes a wife.
We could call this pair an electromagnetic field. My, my,

In chap 1, page 31, of "Quantum Chemistry" (McQuarrie, 1983,
University Science Books)an expamle calculation is made for the de
Broglie wavelength of a baseball traveling at 90 mph. Using the
relation lamda=h/p, the calculation gives the value