tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post8799356172988623312..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: The Hadron-Muon Branching RatioSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-11308702076160712462008-03-11T21:20:00.000-04:002008-03-11T21:20:00.000-04:00Thanks, Stefan. Now I don't feel quite so antiquat...Thanks, Stefan. Now I don't feel <I>quite</I> so antiquated. Still, getting a proton, even along with an anti-neutron, sounds creepy and makes me feel a bit nervous. That's alotta energy.Ralph Dratmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426433134164984467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-42262391881456067452008-03-11T21:05:00.000-04:002008-03-11T21:05:00.000-04:00Hi Ralph,thanks for the link! Indeed, the statemen...Hi Ralph,<BR/><BR/>thanks for the <A HREF="http://www.physorg.com/news124372618.html" REL="nofollow">link</A>! Indeed, the statement in the first paragraph about the <I>new way to produce those basic particles of atoms, protons and neutrons</I> is a bit misleading. <BR/><BR/>Your concerns about baryon number conservation is completely justified, and indeed, the experiment is the "<A HREF="http://stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-76764974468210812262008-03-10T22:46:00.000-04:002008-03-10T22:46:00.000-04:00According to this,http://www.physorg.com/news12437...According to this,<BR/><BR/>http://www.physorg.com/news124372618.html<BR/><BR/>electron-positron collisions at very high energies have now been observed to sometimes produce protons and neutrons. I find this astonishing. What about conservation of baryon number? I guess that went the way of the dodo and my college education.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, should I be surprised by this result, or not?Ralph Dratmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426433134164984467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-6353360888512573872007-12-27T11:32:00.000-05:002007-12-27T11:32:00.000-05:00It looks like you are discovering the fractal natu...It looks like you are discovering the fractal nature of the wavefunction interaction that particle production physics is examining. It keeps on in its fractal exposition of energies, to keep showing wavenode interaction amplitudes with wide band null zones between the hi/low nodes, which have additional topographical structures on their peak curves, which generate the next iteration in the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-15557043263536531402007-12-12T16:23:00.000-05:002007-12-12T16:23:00.000-05:00Nucleus-electron neutral current exchange, Z(zero)...Nucleus-electron neutral current exchange, Z(zero), renders all atoms slightly chiral,<BR/><BR/>http://www.phys.washington.edu/users/fortson/intro.html#AtomPNC<BR/>http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~budker/PubList.html<BR/><BR/>Z is big stuff even at small energies! Physics' chirality is nuisance rather than fundamental basis. That may <A HREF="http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/lajos.htm#a2" REL="Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-23171623673879291972007-12-12T09:44:00.000-05:002007-12-12T09:44:00.000-05:00Dear Bee and Stefan,Your Plottl a Day reminds me w...Dear Bee and Stefan,<BR/><BR/>Your Plottl a Day reminds me why I fell in love with physics in the first place!<BR/><BR/>Many thanks!<BR/>Best,<BR/>-ArunArunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.com