Posted on 03/07/2015 10:57:00 AM PST by BenLurkin
Higgs Boson Hofstadter Koothrappali particle.
Physicist Penny: We know that... Newton was a really smart cookie. Oh, is that where Fig Newtons come from?
Leonard Hofstadter: Most people aren’t that interested in what I do.
Penny: Ahem. Actually, that’s not true, Leonard. In fact, recently I’ve been thinking that given the parameters of your experiment the transport of electrons through the aperture of the nano-fabricated metal rings is qualitatively no different than the experiment already conducted in the Netherlands.
Penny: Their observed phase shift in the diffusing electrons inside the metal ring already conclusively demonstrated the electric analog of the Aharonov-Bohm quantum interference effect.
Penny: That’s it; that’s all I know. Oh, wait! Fig Newtons were named after a town in Massachusetts, not the scientist.
Let’s just hope they don’t accidentally discover a way to destroy the entire universe or something. Crap happens when you’re messing around with things you don’t fully understand.
I’m only partially kidding.
Yeah, what you said.
May not have been the Higgs they tripped over.
There is no “dark” matter.
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