LOL! Enjoy the trip!
Love the strongest force. Ours is the Arlo Force. Refuses to be denied.
Anything.
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 7:56 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> For homework please explain (in lurid detail) why the strong force has a
> limited range of just 1 femtometer. Has Trump built a wall around it?
> Regardless, it is clear that Othello is outside its range and he will not
> be contained either. What is your backup plan? Does it involve longer
> range forces such as those mysterious ones in the 2-3 femtometer range?
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 6/22/2016 6:38 PM, Mike Gordon via olympus wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the good wishes--Marnie says "Hi". As the list is really
>> extended family where the notes go doesn't really matter.
>> Scrambling to get all the ducks in a row before a trip to Switz. Afraid
>> a few stray ones may get away this time.
>>
>> I did look into the SI at your suggestion. Could not find any samples to
>> ready w/o succumbing to the pay wall. As a cautious and skeptical sort of
>> skeptic, would prefer a quick trial mode first. ;-)
>> I totally agree with nothing is really something with the abundant
>> evidence of virtual particles that flash in and out of existence. They
>> exist less than Plank time --about 10**-44 sec so don't violate
>> conservation of energy.
>> They mediate the Casimir effect and has been confirmed experimentally
>> very close to the calculated values. So if Maimonides advocated a creation
>> by ex nihilo as proof of a required force, not sure anything but physics is
>> required. I really like an alternative better even if very very very
>> unlikely, and will hang on to a 1 in 10**10 chance there might be. The
>> magic force of good friends and a purring cat are undeniable.
>>
>> Speaking of forces, while in an odd mood a few months ago just before
>> leaving work I jotted down an email to Marnie who had been complaining
>> about our cat Othello persistent attempt at a Vulcan mind meld for
>> treats and before proceeding to be more demonstrative.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> " In order of increasing strength:
>>
>>
>> 5. The Gravitational Force
>> This is the force that holds us onto the Earth. It could be important
>> in our daily life, but on the scale of atomic world it is of negligible or
>> no importance at all. Gravitational force is cumulative and extended to
>> infinity.
>>
>> But on the scale of individual particles, the force is extremely
>> small, only in the order of 10**-38 times that of the strong
>> force--10**-50 times that of the OP force
>>
>> 4. The Weak Force This force is responsible for nuclear beta decay
>> and other similar decay processes involving fundamental particles. The
>> range of this force is smaller than 1 fm and is 10**-7 weaker than the
>> strong force
>>
>> 3. The Electromagnetic Force This is the force which exists
>> between all particles which have an electric charge. For example, electrons
>> (negative charge) bind with nucleus of an atom, due to the presence of
>> protons (positive charge). The force is long range, in principle extending
>> over infinite distance. It is 100 times weaker than the strong force and
>> twelve orders of magnitude weaker yet again than the OP force--mediated by
>> photons as described by QED--quantum electrodynamics.
>>
>> 2. The Strong Force
>> This force is responsible for binding of nuclei. It is the dominant
>> one in reactions and decays of most of the fundamental particles. This
>> force is so strong that it binds and stabilize the protons of similar
>> charges within a nucleus. However, it is very short range. No such force
>> will be felt beyond the order of 1 fm (femtometer or 10**-15 m). Mediated
>> by Gluons as described in QCD-- Quantum chromodynamics.
>>
>> 1. OP Force Othello Patroclus Force -- Governs all particle
>> activity at 145. Mediated by force of will and remains unexplained by
>> quantum theory.
>>
>>
>> Physics lesson for the day, Mike"
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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