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Prof Ventures Into New Dimension [Lisa Randall alert!]
Boston Herald.com ^
| 28 November 2005
| Paul Restuccia
Posted on 11/28/2005 11:58:35 AM PST by PatrickHenry
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To: InterceptPoint
Look forward to reading book. . .but 'till then'; does Lisa describe just what a visitor to the 5th dimension might experience. . .or is it a 'no visitors allowed' plane. . .
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posted on
12/13/2005 4:06:41 PM PST
by
cricket
(No Freedom - No Peace)
To: cricket
Look forward to reading book. . .but 'till then'; does Lisa describe just what a visitor to the 5th dimension might experience. . .or is it a 'no visitors allowed' plane. . . Well I guess it would qualify as a 'no visitors allowed' dimension.
The whole thrust of this multi-dimensional push in particle physics is to reconcile the weak gravitational force with the other various forces. This has lead to the current rage - string theory. This theory involves multiple dimensions all but three of which are not visible. The reason they aren't is not well understood and there is no final agreement on how many of them there are. The lowest number is 5. 10 and 11 are in play and 26 is as well. The preferred explanation for why these dimensions are not visible is that they are "curled up" into a loop. Randall discusses all of this in the book. I would buy it and read it. Very interesting stuff.
To: InterceptPoint
Well I guess it would qualify as a 'no visitors allowed' dimension. . . .thanks for info and recommendation. . .guess I will let my fingers do the walking. . .;^)
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posted on
12/13/2005 5:26:18 PM PST
by
cricket
(No Freedom - No Peace)
To: RightWingAtheist
A correction. That's Jerome Friedman, not Gerome, and he and his team (Richard Taylor and the late Henry Way Kendall) didn't exactly "discover" quarks, but it was their studies of electron scattering within the nucleus which lent credence to the quark model. Drool, drool, and not just at the picture of Lisa Randall.
More details, please? Or a link?
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posted on
01/12/2006 6:05:14 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Physicist
Sorry, came upon this thread *very* late whilst looking for something else.
What is the shape of the potential well comprising the "box" in the invisible, orthogonl dimension? Is it shaped in any way so as to allow for tunneling, or are the barriers too wide and steep for that?
Cheers!
To: grey_whiskers; Physicist
(Hey look, I visited once before, too, back in January.)
D'oh!
To: grey_whiskers
Nothing is too wide or deep for tunneling:
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posted on
08/19/2006 1:56:35 PM PDT
by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: PatrickHenry
I thought we were up to eleven dimensions, step out for a beer and look what happens.
To: K-oneTexas
Definite babe. Should have done a large bikini poster for young nerds everywhere
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posted on
08/19/2006 2:28:03 PM PDT
by
SauronOfMordor
(A planned society is most appealing to those with the arrogance to think they will be the planners)
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