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Physicists discover dramatic difference in behavior of matter versus antimatter
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center ^ | August 2, 2004

Posted on 08/04/2004 9:28:59 PM PDT by ScuzzyTerminator

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To: concerned about politics
Every great Quantum physicist that ever lived said it all had to start with a thought, a conscience nudge, or a word. They stop short of calling it "God."

Then what was the "God" that created "God", and how did this "God" form?

Talk about circular logic....

21 posted on 08/04/2004 9:57:16 PM PDT by Hunble
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To: RightWhale

(SLACker) ping


22 posted on 08/04/2004 9:58:04 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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To: concerned about politics

I like the way you think there.


23 posted on 08/04/2004 9:59:44 PM PDT by ValerieUSA
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To: ScuzzyTerminator

So...does this help Bush, or Kerry?


24 posted on 08/04/2004 10:00:29 PM PDT by I-ambush
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To: RightWingAtheist; Physicist; maxwell; AFPhys

I have a question. If a photon has no mass, how can it have momentum?


25 posted on 08/04/2004 10:01:21 PM PDT by dc27
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To: Hunble

Talk about misunderstanding of the word "eternal".


26 posted on 08/04/2004 10:03:01 PM PDT by explodingspleen (When life gets complex, multiply by the complex conjugate.)
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To: Hunble
Are you implying that the spiritual world is comprised of antimatter, which has been eliminated today's material world?

The mind is the builder, and the physical is the result. Thus is born Quantum Psychics and theology. Some try to brush off theology as a simple matter, but who knows more about creation than the creator itself? The nudge, thought, the word?
"As a man declareith a thing, so shall it be."
"If you say unto this mountain 'fall into the sea' and truly believe it will fall into the sea, it will fall into the sea."
"If ye have the faith but of a mustard seed, anything is possible."
Anti matter is the dimension unseen by the human eye, but it creates it's opposite in the physical world. There's got to be balance in everything. Without balance, there's chaos.

27 posted on 08/04/2004 10:04:12 PM PDT by concerned about politics ( Liberals are still stuck at the bottom of Maslow's Hierarchy)
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To: Hunble

When an ancient city is uncovered by archaeologists, the scientists examine the evidence within the ruins to determine that it was indeed built, and therefore had builders. It is through accepting that basic premise that they begin to learn of the builders and city dwellers and any connection that present day people have to the ancient people of that place. The whole purpose of the excavation is to discover the roots of human civilization and accomplishment.

Science would do well to accept the basic premise that the universe has a builder, and to know him and our connection to him, we can examine the evidence for clues to his purpose.

Real science is the art and exercise of getting to know the creator. Then we can ask where he came from.


28 posted on 08/04/2004 10:07:37 PM PDT by ValerieUSA
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To: Hunble
As the very name implies, the spiritual world is comprised of rums, bourbons, gins, brandies, whiskies and vodkas. None of them have a shred of antimatter.
29 posted on 08/04/2004 10:07:49 PM PDT by GSlob
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To: dc27
I have a question. If a photon has no mass, how can it have momentum?

It might help to look at Einstein's full equation for the tranlation of matter into energy.

It is: E^s = m^2 * c^4 + p^2 * c2, where 'E' is energy, 'c 'is the speed of light, and 'p' is momentum. E = mc^2 is what you get when you assume momentum is zero and take the positive root of the preceding equation, i.e., E = mc^2 is only for particles that aren't moving. But all other particles have momentum, by the preceding equation, which you can find out if you know how much more energy they have than their rest energy.

30 posted on 08/04/2004 10:08:48 PM PDT by explodingspleen (When life gets complex, multiply by the complex conjugate.)
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To: The_Reader_David

"When the universe began with the big bang, matter and antimatter were present in equal amounts."

Well I find it a bit funny the way the above was stated. As if it were an absolute fact that we know there were equal quantities of matter and antimatter when it all "began". Do we really "know" that? We may well theorize that but we can't really know in absolute terms.


31 posted on 08/04/2004 10:10:06 PM PDT by DB (©)
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To: explodingspleen

Thank you so much.


32 posted on 08/04/2004 10:10:16 PM PDT by dc27
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To: Hunble
Then what was the "God" that created "God", and how did this "God" form?

"God" is the alpha and omega - the beginning and the end. The space time continuum. It rolls back on itself forever and ever.
The only reason science refuses the existence of this "God" thing is because they can't put it into a mathematical formula.
They see it, but can't name it.
Moses - "And what shall I tell the people you are?"
The unknown "word" -"Tell them the great I Am has sent you."
It/he just is.

33 posted on 08/04/2004 10:11:27 PM PDT by concerned about politics ( Liberals are still stuck at the bottom of Maslow's Hierarchy)
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To: concerned about politics
Anti matter is the dimension unseen by the human eye, but it creates it's opposite in the physical world. There's got to be balance in everything. Without balance, there's chaos.

In principle, I agree with you. Actually, I have a strong personal belief that the physical can be altered by the mental mind. How it works, is the question.

I do have a tiny little problem with your last statement however.

Can you provide an example of a laboratory Physics experiment which demonstrated how anti-matter "creates it's opposite in the physical world."

I would be most interested in learning about this Physics demonstration.

34 posted on 08/04/2004 10:15:07 PM PDT by Hunble
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To: explodingspleen
It is: E^s = m^2 * c^4 + p^2 * c2

Thanks, I have to admit that the question had me a little stumped. I knew that light does have momentum, but I could only think of the standard E = M C^2 equation.

You of course, are correct and answered the question.

35 posted on 08/04/2004 10:20:00 PM PDT by Hunble
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To: I-ambush

Bush caused it, in the hopes that it would boost his poll numbers, but it will backfire. The networks will expose his plot. This will help sKerry, and it's all Bush's fault.


36 posted on 08/04/2004 10:22:46 PM PDT by BykrBayb (5 minutes of prayer for Terri, every day at 11 am EDT, until she's safe. http://www.terrisfight.org)
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To: Hunble; explodingspleen
Thanks guys.

I am a photolithography engineer and work with a 193nm Scanner. I was pondering the question at work and nobody knew the answer. BTW, I don't have a physics background.

37 posted on 08/04/2004 10:24:12 PM PDT by dc27
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To: SunkenCiv

*groan* SHAME on you!!!


38 posted on 08/04/2004 10:24:47 PM PDT by null and void (Nothing like a near-death experience to change bad habits...)
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To: GSlob

Their matter can be expressed in terms of drunkenness. If you consume enough of them, you will experience their anti-matter the following morning. Hangover.


39 posted on 08/04/2004 10:26:24 PM PDT by BykrBayb (5 minutes of prayer for Terri, every day at 11 am EDT, until she's safe. http://www.terrisfight.org)
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To: dc27

Y'all hiring???


40 posted on 08/04/2004 10:27:24 PM PDT by null and void (Nothing like a near-death experience to change bad habits...)
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