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"Uncle Clover" |
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30 Oct 2006 08:47:05 PM |
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OT: Another physics question - particle spin |
As someone who seems to be in remission from Meniere's Disease for several
years, now, I remember the vertigo which accompanied the condition quite well.
Thinking on that, I got to thinking about spinning things in general.
Everything in the observable universe appears to spin, from the largest
structures down to the smallest. Aside from that, things also decay - this is a
universal phenomenon and appears to be operable - to the best of my knowledge -
on all levels (from the cosmic on down to the subatomic).
My question is this: Is a particle's spin related in some way to the fact that
the particle is decaying?
The reason I wonder this may sound simplistic, but yet I know that sometimes
very simple notions can also be true. Singularities in the center of galaxies
are the particular phenomenon which made me think of this - the spin of a galaxy
around the singularity strikes me every bit like the spin of water as it's
funnelling out down the drain. It occurred to me that while there are often
dramatic differences in particulate behavior at divergent levels of observation,
there are also sometimes surprising similarities. So my suspicion is that a
particle may in some way "decay" due to the "funelling" of energy through some
kind of interatomic "whirlpool" of sorts (perhaps a whirlpool operating in the
10 or 11 dimensions string theory talks about).
I know that the established rule is that matter and energy are neither created
nor destroyed, but this would be a relative thing. If energy is funelling out
of the observable universe at a uniform rate throughout, none of the measuring
devices within the universe - composed of matter -from- that universe - would be
able to detect it. From the relative perspective of our existence here within
this cosmos, the amount of energy and matter would appear to be constant, either
scenario (either the "constant preserved mass/energy" or else the "draino"
effect). This would be for the same reason that a ruler wouldn't be able to
measure the stretching of mass when approaching light speeds - everything
changes uniformly.
Make sense to anyone? :-?
--
L8r,
Uncle Clover the AntiTwink
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| User: "Uncle Clover" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Another physics question - particle spin |
30 Oct 2006 08:53:04 PM |
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On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:47:05 -0500, Uncle Clover <UncleClover@SpamMeNot.com>
wrote:
As someone who seems to be in remission from Meniere's Disease for several
years, now, I remember the vertigo which accompanied the condition quite well.
Thinking on that, I got to thinking about spinning things in general.
Everything in the observable universe appears to spin, from the largest
structures down to the smallest. Aside from that, things also decay - this is a
universal phenomenon and appears to be operable - to the best of my knowledge -
on all levels (from the cosmic on down to the subatomic).
My question is this: Is a particle's spin related in some way to the fact that
the particle is decaying?
The reason I wonder this may sound simplistic, but yet I know that sometimes
very simple notions can also be true. Singularities in the center of galaxies
are the particular phenomenon which made me think of this - the spin of a galaxy
around the singularity strikes me every bit like the spin of water as it's
funnelling out down the drain. It occurred to me that while there are often
dramatic differences in particulate behavior at divergent levels of observation,
there are also sometimes surprising similarities. So my suspicion is that a
particle may in some way "decay" due to the "funelling" of energy through some
kind of interatomic "whirlpool" of sorts (perhaps a whirlpool operating in the
10 or 11 dimensions string theory talks about).
I know that the established rule is that matter and energy are neither created
nor destroyed, but this would be a relative thing. If energy is funelling out
of the observable universe at a uniform rate throughout, none of the measuring
devices within the universe - composed of matter -from- that universe - would be
able to detect it. From the relative perspective of our existence here within
this cosmos, the amount of energy and matter would appear to be constant, either
scenario (either the "constant preserved mass/energy" or else the "draino"
effect). This would be for the same reason that a ruler wouldn't be able to
measure the stretching of mass when approaching light speeds - everything
changes uniformly.
Make sense to anyone? :-?
P.S. - it also occurred to me that this would produce the appearance of an
expanding universe - particularly if the cosmis is "evaporating" in such a way
as described above and at the speed of light.
--
L8r,
Uncle Clover the AntiTwink
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| User: "Uncle Clover" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Another physics question - particle spin |
02 Nov 2006 04:58:57 PM |
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On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:53:04 -0500, Uncle Clover <UncleClover@SpamMeNot.com>
wrote:
<snip>
All I can say is, "Thank you!" to everyone who answers my question seriously -
you've been most patient in explaining some very gross misconceptions about
physics in general. I'm sorry for the general naivete of many of my inquiries,
but I truly and deeply appreciate all your patience and willingness to respond.
More than a few of you have been very helpful. :-)
--
L8r,
Uncle Clover the AntiTwink
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| User: "MarkA" |
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31 Oct 2006 11:38:08 AM |
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On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:47:05 -0500, Uncle Clover wrote:
As someone who seems to be in remission from Meniere's Disease for several
years, now, I remember the vertigo which accompanied the condition quite
well. Thinking on that, I got to thinking about spinning things in
general. Everything in the observable universe appears to spin, from the
largest structures down to the smallest. Aside from that, things also
decay - this is a universal phenomenon and appears to be operable - to the
best of my knowledge - on all levels (from the cosmic on down to the
subatomic).
My question is this: Is a particle's spin related in some way to the fact
that the particle is decaying?
When quantum physicists talk about 'spin', they don't mean 'rotating
around an axis' as the conventional definition would imply, any more than
'charm' and 'color' relate to corresponding macro properties.
--
MarkA
(still caught in the maze of twisty little passages, all different)
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| User: "Matt Silberstein" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Another physics question - particle spin |
30 Oct 2006 09:38:08 PM |
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On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:47:05 -0500, in alt.atheism , Uncle Clover
<UncleClover@SpamMeNot.com> in
<2iddk2dl42uqr7k5amcv0rgaqiqvd32vu9@4ax.com> wrote:
As someone who seems to be in remission from Meniere's Disease for several
years, now, I remember the vertigo which accompanied the condition quite well.
Thinking on that, I got to thinking about spinning things in general.
Everything in the observable universe appears to spin, from the largest
structures down to the smallest. Aside from that, things also decay - this is a
universal phenomenon and appears to be operable - to the best of my knowledge -
on all levels (from the cosmic on down to the subatomic).
My question is this: Is a particle's spin related in some way to the fact that
the particle is decaying?
Nope. Not at all. Not even close. Spinning particles can spin until
the end of the Universe. In fact the "spin" is not really rotation as
you know it (for example, it has no momentum involved), it is no more
spin than quark colors are colors.
The reason I wonder this may sound simplistic, but yet I know that sometimes
very simple notions can also be true.
For every problem there is a solution that is simple, obvious, and
wrong.
Singularities in the center of galaxies
are the particular phenomenon which made me think of this - the spin of a galaxy
around the singularity strikes me every bit like the spin of water as it's
funnelling out down the drain.
What does that have to do with particle spin? Galaxy spin is somewhat
related to the spin of the water, but not by withdrawing the stuff in
the center. It is the conservation of angular momentum.
It occurred to me that while there are often
dramatic differences in particulate behavior at divergent levels of observation,
there are also sometimes surprising similarities. So my suspicion is that a
particle may in some way "decay" due to the "funelling" of energy through some
kind of interatomic "whirlpool" of sorts (perhaps a whirlpool operating in the
10 or 11 dimensions string theory talks about).
Nope, there is no decay, no loss of energy.
I know that the established rule is that matter and energy are neither created
nor destroyed, but this would be a relative thing. If energy is funelling out
of the observable universe at a uniform rate throughout, none of the measuring
devices within the universe - composed of matter -from- that universe - would be
able to detect it.
Then how does it relate to the spin? If the "removal" is not localized
at all how does that produce the spin?
From the relative perspective of our existence here within
this cosmos, the amount of energy and matter would appear to be constant, either
scenario (either the "constant preserved mass/energy" or else the "draino"
effect).
With water going down a drain there is a change in both mass and
energy.
This would be for the same reason that a ruler wouldn't be able to
measure the stretching of mass when approaching light speeds - everything
changes uniformly.
Make sense to anyone? :-?
Nope.
--
Matt Silberstein
Do something today about the Darfur Genocide
http://www.beawitness.org
http://www.darfurgenocide.org
http://www.savedarfur.org
"Darfur: A Genocide We can Stop"
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| User: "Brian E. Clark" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Another physics question - particle spin |
30 Oct 2006 10:32:57 PM |
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In article <80hdk25ng14lkfrgcp68e6hbs7241sb0jg@4ax.com>, Matt
Silberstein said...
In fact the "spin" is not really rotation as you
know it (for example, it has no momentum involved),
it is no more spin than quark colors are colors.
That cannot be correct. I watched "Quark" back in the late 70s,
and it was definitely in color.
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Brian E. Clark
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| User: "Enkidu" |
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30 Oct 2006 10:29:04 PM |
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Uncle Clover <UncleClover@SpamMeNot.com> wrote in
news:2iddk2dl42uqr7k5amcv0rgaqiqvd32vu9@4ax.com:
As someone who seems to be in remission from Meniere's Disease for
several years, now, I remember the vertigo which accompanied the
condition quite well. Thinking on that, I got to thinking about
spinning things in general. Everything in the observable universe
appears to spin, from the largest structures down to the smallest.
Aside from that, things also decay - this is a universal phenomenon
and appears to be operable - to the best of my knowledge - on all
levels (from the cosmic on down to the subatomic).
My question is this: Is a particle's spin related in some way to the
fact that the particle is decaying?
No.
The reason I wonder this may sound simplistic, but yet I know that
sometimes very simple notions can also be true. Singularities in the
center of galaxies are the particular phenomenon which made me think
of this - the spin of a galaxy around the singularity strikes me every
bit like the spin of water as it's funnelling out down the drain.
Conservation of angular momentum. Right you are.
It
occurred to me that while there are often dramatic differences in
particulate behavior at divergent levels of observation, there are
also sometimes surprising similarities. So my suspicion is that a
particle may in some way "decay" due to the "funelling" of energy
through some kind of interatomic "whirlpool" of sorts (perhaps a
whirlpool operating in the 10 or 11 dimensions string theory talks
about).
Well, the particles aren't "decaying" via spin. The spin is a quantum
quantity, and cannot change in a continuous manner. It's all up or all
down.
I know that the established rule is that matter and energy are neither
created nor destroyed, but this would be a relative thing. If energy
is funelling out of the observable universe at a uniform rate
throughout, none of the measuring devices within the universe -
composed of matter -from- that universe - would be able to detect it.
So if it's undetectable, then what, the entire universe is shinking by
just the right factor so that it appears that mass, energy ect. seems to
*not* be shrinking? Seems pretty unlikely to me.
--
Enkidu AA#2165
http://www.thoughts.leaddogs.org/
EAC Chaplain and ordained minister,
ULC, Modesto, CA
What interests fundamentalists to the exclusion of everything else is not
the paradisal happiness of the saints, but rather the horrors other
people are going to have to suffer for their skepticism.
-- David Hopewell Ph.D.
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| User: "Llanzlan Klazmon the 15th" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Another physics question - particle spin |
30 Oct 2006 09:38:21 PM |
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Uncle Clover <UncleClover@SpamMeNot.com> wrote in
news:2iddk2dl42uqr7k5amcv0rgaqiqvd32vu9@4ax.com:
As someone who seems to be in remission from Meniere's Disease for
several years, now, I remember the vertigo which accompanied the
condition quite well. Thinking on that, I got to thinking about spinning
things in general. Everything in the observable universe appears to
spin, from the largest structures down to the smallest. Aside from
that, things also decay - this is a universal phenomenon and appears to
be operable - to the best of my knowledge - on all levels (from the
cosmic on down to the subatomic).
Afaik the electron, the proton and the neutrino have not been observed to
decay. All have a spin quantum number.
My question is this: Is a particle's spin related in some way to the
fact that the particle is decaying?
The reason I wonder this may sound simplistic, but yet I know that
sometimes very simple notions can also be true. Singularities in the
center of galaxies are the particular phenomenon which made me think of
this - the spin of a galaxy around the singularity strikes me every bit
like the spin of water as it's funnelling out down the drain. It
occurred to me that while there are often dramatic differences in
particulate behavior at divergent levels of observation, there are also
sometimes surprising similarities. So my suspicion is that a particle
may in some way "decay" due to the "funelling" of energy through some
kind of interatomic "whirlpool" of sorts (perhaps a whirlpool operating
in the 10 or 11 dimensions string theory talks about).
I know that the established rule is that matter and energy are neither
created nor destroyed, but this would be a relative thing. If energy is
funelling out of the observable universe at a uniform rate throughout,
none of the measuring devices within the universe - composed of matter
-from- that universe - would be able to detect it. From the relative
perspective of our existence here within this cosmos, the amount of
energy and matter would appear to be constant, either scenario (either
the "constant preserved mass/energy" or else the "draino" effect). This
would be for the same reason that a ruler wouldn't be able to measure
the stretching of mass when approaching light speeds - everything
changes uniformly.
The conservation laws are a direct consequence of symmetry. See Noether's
theorem:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noether's_theorem
Klazmon.
Make sense to anyone? :-?
--
L8r,
Uncle Clover the AntiTwink
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| User: "AlanS" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Another physics question - particle spin |
31 Oct 2006 07:23:47 AM |
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Uncle Clover <UncleClover@SpamMeNot.com> wrote:
Make sense to anyone? :-?
No, not at all. The probability of even remotely correctly explaining
a physical phenomenon by idle speculation, instead of rigorously
studying existing theories/data and experimenting, is nil.
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| User: "Matt Silberstein" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Another physics question - particle spin |
31 Oct 2006 09:42:39 AM |
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On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:23:47 GMT, in alt.atheism , AlanS
<none@nowhere.com> in <47jek2lv8ofurfbqc12bjled15e0gtcovq@4ax.com>
wrote:
Uncle Clover <UncleClover@SpamMeNot.com> wrote:
Make sense to anyone? :-?
No, not at all. The probability of even remotely correctly explaining
a physical phenomenon by idle speculation, instead of rigorously
studying existing theories/data and experimenting, is nil.
He has this strange idea that the way to learn physics is to make up
odd stuff and ask about it in an inappropriate newsgroup.
--
Matt Silberstein
Do something today about the Darfur Genocide
http://www.beawitness.org
http://www.darfurgenocide.org
http://www.savedarfur.org
"Darfur: A Genocide We can Stop"
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| User: "Uncle Clover" |
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02 Nov 2006 05:00:46 PM |
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On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:42:39 GMT, Matt Silberstein
<RemoveThisPrefixmatts2nospam@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:23:47 GMT, in alt.atheism , AlanS
<none@nowhere.com> in <47jek2lv8ofurfbqc12bjled15e0gtcovq@4ax.com>
wrote:
Uncle Clover <UncleClover@SpamMeNot.com> wrote:
Make sense to anyone? :-?
No, not at all. The probability of even remotely correctly explaining
a physical phenomenon by idle speculation, instead of rigorously
studying existing theories/data and experimenting, is nil.
He has this strange idea that the way to learn physics is to make up
odd stuff and ask about it in an inappropriate newsgroup.
Well, it's better than what I can actually -afford- in the way of instruction,
which is absolutely nothing. The "appropriate" newsgroups I'd like to ask in
are all moderated or closed, I've tried asking questions in a few of them and
the posts are either never permitted through the moderation or utterly ignored.
But thanks for your understanding.
--
L8r,
Uncle Clover the AntiTwink
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The true mark of a civilized society is that its
citizens know how to hate each other peacefully.
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| User: "Matt Silberstein" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Another physics question - particle spin |
02 Nov 2006 05:26:56 PM |
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On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 18:00:46 -0500, in alt.atheism , Uncle Clover
<UncleClover@SpamMeNot.com> in
<t2ukk2phl1quc2rdiro99eikda4bqajavc@4ax.com> wrote:
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:42:39 GMT, Matt Silberstein
<RemoveThisPrefixmatts2nospam@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:23:47 GMT, in alt.atheism , AlanS
<none@nowhere.com> in <47jek2lv8ofurfbqc12bjled15e0gtcovq@4ax.com>
wrote:
Uncle Clover <UncleClover@SpamMeNot.com> wrote:
Make sense to anyone? :-?
No, not at all. The probability of even remotely correctly explaining
a physical phenomenon by idle speculation, instead of rigorously
studying existing theories/data and experimenting, is nil.
He has this strange idea that the way to learn physics is to make up
odd stuff and ask about it in an inappropriate newsgroup.
Well, it's better than what I can actually -afford- in the way of instruction,
which is absolutely nothing. The "appropriate" newsgroups I'd like to ask in
are all moderated or closed, I've tried asking questions in a few of them and
the posts are either never permitted through the moderation or utterly ignored.
But thanks for your understanding.
I am sure there are available physics textbooks. Or free on-line
material. Learn some classical mechanics first, then you can try for
an understanding of modern stuff.
--
Matt Silberstein
Do something today about the Darfur Genocide
http://www.beawitness.org
http://www.darfurgenocide.org
http://www.savedarfur.org
"Darfur: A Genocide We can Stop"
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| User: "Uncle Clover" |
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03 Nov 2006 12:28:41 AM |
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On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:26:56 GMT, Matt Silberstein
<RemoveThisPrefixmatts2nospam@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 18:00:46 -0500, in alt.atheism , Uncle Clover
<UncleClover@SpamMeNot.com> in
<t2ukk2phl1quc2rdiro99eikda4bqajavc@4ax.com> wrote:
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:42:39 GMT, Matt Silberstein
<RemoveThisPrefixmatts2nospam@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:23:47 GMT, in alt.atheism , AlanS
<none@nowhere.com> in <47jek2lv8ofurfbqc12bjled15e0gtcovq@4ax.com>
wrote:
Uncle Clover <UncleClover@SpamMeNot.com> wrote:
Make sense to anyone? :-?
No, not at all. The probability of even remotely correctly explaining
a physical phenomenon by idle speculation, instead of rigorously
studying existing theories/data and experimenting, is nil.
He has this strange idea that the way to learn physics is to make up
odd stuff and ask about it in an inappropriate newsgroup.
Well, it's better than what I can actually -afford- in the way of instruction,
which is absolutely nothing. The "appropriate" newsgroups I'd like to ask in
are all moderated or closed, I've tried asking questions in a few of them and
the posts are either never permitted through the moderation or utterly ignored.
But thanks for your understanding.
I am sure there are available physics textbooks. Or free on-line
material. Learn some classical mechanics first, then you can try for
an understanding of modern stuff.
Thanks for the advice. I can do that as I have time (which obviously I do, or
else I wouldn't have time to be posting physics questions here <G>). I still
enjoy the sometimes broad range of responses I get to some of my questions in
this group. alt.atheism is active with a vast array of personalities, and
sometimes even the loopy ones send me down an interesting philosophical road.
My problem is that I'm A.D.D., and unless I'm in a classroom environment being
made to sit down, read, take tests and answer questions, I have next to no
ability to study. :-( It really, REALLY sucks... :-(((
--
L8r,
Uncle Clover the AntiTwink
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The true mark of a civilized society is that its
citizens know how to hate each other peacefully.
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| User: "Chris Johnson" |
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03 Nov 2006 12:37:42 AM |
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Uncle Clover wrote:
On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:26:56 GMT, Matt Silberstein
<RemoveThisPrefixmatts2nospam@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 18:00:46 -0500, in alt.atheism , Uncle Clover
<UncleClover@SpamMeNot.com> in
<t2ukk2phl1quc2rdiro99eikda4bqajavc@4ax.com> wrote:
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:42:39 GMT, Matt Silberstein
<RemoveThisPrefixmatts2nospam@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:23:47 GMT, in alt.atheism , AlanS
<none@nowhere.com> in <47jek2lv8ofurfbqc12bjled15e0gtcovq@4ax.com>
wrote:
Uncle Clover <UncleClover@SpamMeNot.com> wrote:
Make sense to anyone? :-?
No, not at all. The probability of even remotely correctly explaining
a physical phenomenon by idle speculation, instead of rigorously
studying existing theories/data and experimenting, is nil.
He has this strange idea that the way to learn physics is to make up
odd stuff and ask about it in an inappropriate newsgroup.
Well, it's better than what I can actually -afford- in the way of instruction,
which is absolutely nothing. The "appropriate" newsgroups I'd like to ask in
are all moderated or closed, I've tried asking questions in a few of them and
the posts are either never permitted through the moderation or utterly ignored.
But thanks for your understanding.
I am sure there are available physics textbooks. Or free on-line
material. Learn some classical mechanics first, then you can try for
an understanding of modern stuff.
Thanks for the advice. I can do that as I have time (which obviously I do, or
else I wouldn't have time to be posting physics questions here <G>). I still
enjoy the sometimes broad range of responses I get to some of my questions in
this group. alt.atheism is active with a vast array of personalities, and
sometimes even the loopy ones send me down an interesting philosophical road.
My problem is that I'm A.D.D., and unless I'm in a classroom environment being
made to sit down, read, take tests and answer questions, I have next to no
ability to study. :-( It really, REALLY sucks... :-(((
Hey, shoot me an email, would you?
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Another physics question - particle spin |
21 Dec 2006 06:36:50 PM |
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Uncle Clover wrote:
As someone who seems to be in remission from Meniere's Disease for several
years, now, I remember the vertigo which accompanied the condition quite well.
Thinking on that, I got to thinking about spinning things in general.
Everything in the observable universe appears to spin, from the largest
structures down to the smallest. Aside from that, things also decay - this is a
universal phenomenon and appears to be operable - to the best of my knowledge -
on all levels (from the cosmic on down to the subatomic).
My question is this: Is a particle's spin related in some way to the fact that
the particle is decaying?
The reason I wonder this may sound simplistic, but yet I know that sometimes
very simple notions can also be true. Singularities in the center of galaxies
are the particular phenomenon which made me think of this - the spin of a galaxy
around the singularity strikes me every bit like the spin of water as it's
funnelling out down the drain. It occurred to me that while there are often
dramatic differences in particulate behavior at divergent levels of observation,
there are also sometimes surprising similarities. So my suspicion is that a
particle may in some way "decay" due to the "funelling" of energy through some
kind of interatomic "whirlpool" of sorts (perhaps a whirlpool operating in the
10 or 11 dimensions string theory talks about).
I know that the established rule is that matter and energy are neither created
nor destroyed, but this would be a relative thing. If energy is funelling out
of the observable universe at a uniform rate throughout, none of the measuring
devices within the universe - composed of matter -from- that universe - would be
able to detect it. From the relative perspective of our existence here within
this cosmos, the amount of energy and matter would appear to be constant, either
scenario (either the "constant preserved mass/energy" or else the "draino"
effect). This would be for the same reason that a ruler wouldn't be able to
measure the stretching of mass when approaching light speeds - everything
changes uniformly.
Make sense to anyone?
Spin is probably the fundamental feature of the universe.
See papers by Paulo Budinich at arXiv or slac.spires
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| User: "Free Lunch" |
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21 Dec 2006 06:47:34 PM |
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On 21 Dec 2006 16:36:50 -0800, in alt.atheism
t7c1@hotmail.com wrote in
<1166747810.261964.289590@79g2000cws.googlegroups.com>:
Uncle Clover wrote:
As someone who seems to be in remission from Meniere's Disease for several
years, now, I remember the vertigo which accompanied the condition quite well.
Thinking on that, I got to thinking about spinning things in general.
Everything in the observable universe appears to spin, from the largest
structures down to the smallest. Aside from that, things also decay - this is a
universal phenomenon and appears to be operable - to the best of my knowledge -
on all levels (from the cosmic on down to the subatomic).
My question is this: Is a particle's spin related in some way to the fact that
the particle is decaying?
The reason I wonder this may sound simplistic, but yet I know that sometimes
very simple notions can also be true. Singularities in the center of galaxies
are the particular phenomenon which made me think of this - the spin of a galaxy
around the singularity strikes me every bit like the spin of water as it's
funnelling out down the drain. It occurred to me that while there are often
dramatic differences in particulate behavior at divergent levels of observation,
there are also sometimes surprising similarities. So my suspicion is that a
particle may in some way "decay" due to the "funelling" of energy through some
kind of interatomic "whirlpool" of sorts (perhaps a whirlpool operating in the
10 or 11 dimensions string theory talks about).
I know that the established rule is that matter and energy are neither created
nor destroyed, but this would be a relative thing. If energy is funelling out
of the observable universe at a uniform rate throughout, none of the measuring
devices within the universe - composed of matter -from- that universe - would be
able to detect it. From the relative perspective of our existence here within
this cosmos, the amount of energy and matter would appear to be constant, either
scenario (either the "constant preserved mass/energy" or else the "draino"
effect). This would be for the same reason that a ruler wouldn't be able to
measure the stretching of mass when approaching light speeds - everything
changes uniformly.
Make sense to anyone?
Spin is probably the fundamental feature of the universe.
See papers by Paulo Budinich at arXiv or slac.spires
It seems to be the fundamental feature of politics.
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