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'God particle' may have been seen
BBC News Online ^ | Wednesday, 10 March, 2004 | By Paul Rincon

Posted on 03/11/2004 4:45:23 AM PST by Momaw Nadon

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1 posted on 03/11/2004 4:45:24 AM PST by Momaw Nadon
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To: Momaw Nadon
Why don't bytes or thoughts have mass, or do they?

At what point is something massless?

2 posted on 03/11/2004 4:54:36 AM PST by sirchtruth
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To: Momaw Nadon
What happened to protons and neutrons? When I was a kid we learned that a cloud of electrons orbited around a clump of protons and neutrons.
3 posted on 03/11/2004 4:54:44 AM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts
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To: Momaw Nadon
Could this be the final piece of the puzzle?
4 posted on 03/11/2004 4:56:32 AM PST by P.O.E. (Enjoy every sandwich)
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To: PatrickHenry
Ping!
5 posted on 03/11/2004 4:56:48 AM PST by Momaw Nadon (Goals for 2004: Re-elect President Bush, over 60 Republicans in the Senate, and a Republican House.)
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To: sirchtruth
Why don't bytes or thoughts have mass, or do they?

I don't know.

At what point is something massless?

I don't know.

6 posted on 03/11/2004 5:00:28 AM PST by Momaw Nadon (Goals for 2004: Re-elect President Bush, over 60 Republicans in the Senate, and a Republican House.)
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To: P.O.E.
Could this be the final piece of the puzzle?

I don't know.

7 posted on 03/11/2004 5:01:27 AM PST by Momaw Nadon (Goals for 2004: Re-elect President Bush, over 60 Republicans in the Senate, and a Republican House.)
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To: Momaw Nadon
What are the odds against the Higgs boson actually being three particles?
8 posted on 03/11/2004 5:01:34 AM PST by per loin (Ultra Secret News: ADL to pay $12M for defaming Colorado couple.)
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What are the odds against the Higgs boson actually being three particles?

I don't know.

9 posted on 03/11/2004 5:03:05 AM PST by Momaw Nadon (Goals for 2004: Re-elect President Bush, over 60 Republicans in the Senate, and a Republican House.)
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To: sirchtruth
At what point is something massless?

Well, I think if something can attain the speed of light, it's massless.
10 posted on 03/11/2004 5:03:51 AM PST by BikerNYC
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To: Momaw Nadon
I've seen the Higgs Bosom, and while quite impressive I am not sure it rates an entire article.

Huh? what? Boson? ohhhhhhh. oops. never mind.

11 posted on 03/11/2004 5:05:29 AM PST by commish (Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
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To: Momaw Nadon
"As so often happens in science, solving one mystery reveals a new one."
12 posted on 03/11/2004 5:14:02 AM PST by P.O.E. (Enjoy every sandwich)
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts
Protons and neutrons are made up of quarks. Currently they don't think electrons are made of anything smaller.
13 posted on 03/11/2004 5:23:55 AM PST by ahayes
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To: Momaw Nadon
Don't you know anything? ; ^ )
14 posted on 03/11/2004 5:26:46 AM PST by Lion in Winter
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To: Momaw Nadon
Next would they be looking for Bosun's Mate?

Sorry.

15 posted on 03/11/2004 5:28:05 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: Lion in Winter
Don't you know anything? ; ^ )

I know how to post an article on FreeRepublic.

If it's about a 'God particle' it may be important. ; ^ )

16 posted on 03/11/2004 5:31:10 AM PST by Momaw Nadon (Goals for 2004: Re-elect President Bush, over 60 Republicans in the Senate, and a Republican House.)
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To: BikerNYC
Well, I think if something can attain the speed of light, it's massless.

That's an interesting point. The only prblem I see is light acts like particles or waves and this article argues particles have mass?

17 posted on 03/11/2004 5:34:51 AM PST by sirchtruth
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To: P.O.E.
"As so often happens in science, solving one mystery reveals a new one."

Translated: "As so often happens in government funded boondoggling, achieving a stated goal requires another more impossible goal to be funded by the taxpayers."

18 posted on 03/11/2004 5:39:33 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy, and Bush is no conservative)
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To: Momaw Nadon
For a time, many were still refering the Top and Bottom quarks as Truth and Beauty. I liked that. When they were trying to find the Top quark, they could then say 'We are looking for the Truth'.
19 posted on 03/11/2004 5:42:55 AM PST by Prodigal Son (Liberal ideas are deadlier than second hand smoke.)
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To: Momaw Nadon
This is old news. In fact, they delayed the shutdown of the LEP collider in November 2000 by one month because of the suggestive evidence for a Higgs particle at 115 GeV. It's not clear from the article why this is being rehashed now.
20 posted on 03/11/2004 6:02:29 AM PST by Physicist
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