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To: Telepathic Intruder
But, but, but ... there will be two protons, each moving at 99.9% the speed of light smashing head-on into each other in a magnetic confinement chamber! That's almost twice the speed of light inertia, er, um, I mean ... oh, nevermind.


13 posted on 08/12/2008 11:05:02 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: MHGinTN

I’ve heard similar arguments, actually. The magnetic confinement chamber is more like a choke, it narrows the beam rather than holds it captive. At 99.99% the speed of light there is really no way to prevent the resultant sub-atomic particles from flying away again at the same speed in random directions.


15 posted on 08/12/2008 1:15:56 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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