RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
September 13, 2015 at 1:09 pm
(This post was last modified: September 13, 2015 at 1:11 pm by Alex K.)
@Sappho
Gravity waves, and their hypothetical quanta, the gravitons, move at the speed of light!
@Vorlon
Absolutely is a bad word choice. Pointlike within resolution of current experiments.
I have no definite answer, but it seems likely that at some scale, this pointlikyness is replaced by something else, such as a string. One indication for that is that the pointyness of particles leads to infinities in the theory which one has to remove with a mathematical trick. That could be a hint that pointlikeness, fundamentally, is BS.
Gravity waves, and their hypothetical quanta, the gravitons, move at the speed of light!
@Vorlon
Absolutely is a bad word choice. Pointlike within resolution of current experiments.
I have no definite answer, but it seems likely that at some scale, this pointlikyness is replaced by something else, such as a string. One indication for that is that the pointyness of particles leads to infinities in the theory which one has to remove with a mathematical trick. That could be a hint that pointlikeness, fundamentally, is BS.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition