COG, I'm afraid I'm going to have to hit the RTM button and report your post. I believe it violates a couple of the forum's rules.
For one thing, is it really permissible to start a non-political thread?
Also, the thread topic does not offer much scope to those who are primarily interested in hurling childish, gratuitous insults. (Although someone did just that with the very first reply!)
Seriously, cool link! Enjoyed it.
And Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Originally Posted by CaptainMidnight
+1
Almost makes me want to revise my sig line, but I'll give it a few more days
I studied neutron stars at one point.
The 'fact' about size is misleading - size is not really something quantum field theory talks about.
Quantum mechanics isn't just about strange facts, it is about a way of looking at things. Nothing 'is', it just behaves according to certain operators.
So a nucleus does not 'have' a size, but for a given experiment (e.g. neutron scattering) it behaves according to a model which has a range parameter.
In another experiment (electron scattering) it may behave according to a quite different range parameter.
But there is no essential size.
Hence my nickname.
l'il essence has a different size depending on the smile of the girl it is inside.
Sorry, not allowed to mention sex in this forum.