Proton Smaller Than Thought—May Rewrite Laws of Physics

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Proton Smaller Than Thought—May Rewrite Laws of Physics

Post by chelle » Thu Nov 25, 2010 7:08 pm

I just stumbled upon this rather old article (July 7, 2010):
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... m-physics/
The proton finding won't impact most people's daily lives. But if it proves correct, it means something fundamental is wrong in particle physics.
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Re: Proton Smaller Than Thought—May Rewrite Laws of Physics

Post by CharmQuark » Thu Nov 25, 2010 7:16 pm

Not seen this Chelle so I will keep it :thumbup:

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Re: Proton Smaller Than Thought—May Rewrite Laws of Physics

Post by chelle » Thu Nov 25, 2010 7:49 pm

CharmQuark wrote:Not seen this Chelle so I will keep it
ok, btw it's maybe because of this that the other freaks their theories and calculations aren't in full effect yet.
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Re: Proton Smaller Than Thought—May Rewrite Laws of Physics

Post by Kasuha » Thu Nov 25, 2010 8:31 pm

Personally I rather believe there's something wrong with proton-muon coupling than with proton itself. We know protons long enough and all calculations made e.g. about LHC beam parameters proved themselves to be surprisingly accurate when LHC became reality.

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