Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could possibly imagine’
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Re: Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could possibly imagine’
#2And neutrons, well, they have a great sense of humor.
Re: Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could possibly imagine’
#3Had to re-read the Title for a sec. I thought it was referring to Proton, the compatibility layer software.
Re: Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could possibly imagine’
#4Then there are neutrons that are like protons with just a little bit more.
It's sort of like infinity + 1. Is it bigger or is it equal?
(I know, infinity is not a number, really)
Re: Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could possibly imagine’
#5Is it surprising there are signs of the heavy quarks? The diagrams that include them have tiny but nonzero values. Hearken back to Hitchhiker's - it is not impossible, just highly improbable.
Re: Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could possibly imagine’
#6Had to re-read the Title for a sec. I thought it was referring to Proton, the compatibility layer software.
Well, the natural proton not only was first, but means first (from Greek πρῶτος)
So I think we can give it priority on that one :)
Re: Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could possibly imagine’
#7I had a professor who was fond of saying "the proton is a garbage can".
This is why the LHC (and other hadron colliders) has to run at such a high luminosity (collision rate). Most of the time, when it collides two protons, the parts that interact are only carrying a tiny fraction of the energy, so you don't get the interesting high energy physics you want to probe.
Re: Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could possibly imagine’
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Re: Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could possibly imagine’
#9Had to re-read the Title for a sec. I thought it was referring to Proton, the compatibility layer software.
To be fair, all known implementations of Proton's execution are entirely dependent on protons.
Re: Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could possibly imagine’
#10Then there are neutrons that are like protons with just a little bit more. It's sort of like infinity + 1. Is it bigger or is it equal? (I know, infinity is not a number, really)
Huh? With a little bit more what? Complexity? I expected that they would be pretty much the same except with a different mix of the different quarks and such (and also, unstable without having a nucleus to be a part of, and with a neutral charge)