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I think we can assume that he means matter existing in the same spacetime as other matter, that is to say finding a "double particle". Think of the consequences of such an event. Not compressing matter so much as making it disappear and saying it is now in the position of another, identical...

>>equal energies >>different masses consider, a larger (higher mass) particle with the same energy as a smaller particle. The Smaller particle has a great deal more uncertainty at this level, as it's wavefunction is much, much larger than the Larger particle's. Therefore, if it exists at...

Hi all, Just wondering if any of you can recommend some further reading for a Sixth Form student who has just finished the (aptly named) "Nanotechnology for Dummies"? Found it too off subject as far as the scientific processes were concerned and too focussed on the business/industry side. Do...

I forget, is it because the Photons travel back in time, so to speak, that we observe them to be their own anti-particles or am I getting this horribly confused with Electrons?

Thank you, that's resolved nicely ^^

Hi, I'm currently writting an article for people my age (15-18) about Quantum Physics, it's complexity, it's vast uncertainty and it's applications. However, being only young and just halfway through John Gribbin's 'In Search of Schrödinger's Cat', there are several points I would like to raise...

May I interject with the suggestion that we simply force people to divide by Zero?

I don't really know much about Quantum Physics, but having just read an article about Quantum Tunneling, would this not mean that the force would simply go through the immovable object, assuming that it being unstoppable provides the atoms with sufficent energy to break the electronic barrriers...

I know, I know...it just feels like a personal insult

Has anyone seen the part of Iron Man two where they combine the major scientific advances of the past centruy into a single scene where he makes a new element? For those who haven't, I will summarise; - He builds a particle accelerator in his front room showing no evidence of large...

Thats true...although I don't think we have suitable power soures for weaponized (assuming weaponized means high intensity) lasers just yet. Possibly with fusion power? On the subject...Light Sabers, possible or impossible?

Beyond the Nuclear Bomb, Fission Bomb I should say, I suppose the future of Fusion or the possibilities that Cold Fusion bings along could also become weaponised in the same way.

I'm something of a novice at particle Physics; can someone explain to me the conditions and instance of neutrino production? I think they're neutral particles with no mass and near-light speed but I'm not sure...The wikipedia article seems to be somehwat ambiguous on this topic.

On the subject...in what way could Gamma rays be used as an energy source. Obviously I know they're high frequency electromagnetic waves, but in what way could energy be retrieved from them? I can't get the idea of using them as a heat source out of my head.

Of course that makes more sense, but I was still discussing the use of antimatter as a weapon. Fission>Annhilation always.