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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-03 04:13 PM
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Now I'm spooked
Edited on Thu Sep-11-03 04:23 PM by TrogL
A synchronistic event occured at the sub-atomic level and was captured on film.

When a Psi-prime meson decays into J/Psi (charmed quark), pi+, and pi- mesons it forms the Greek letter psi.

To see it go here (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/view-gates.html) then click "Smashing Pictures" 2/3 way down the page, then look at the third slide.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-03 04:15 PM
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1. Wow! a particle
that knows it's own name! Kewel!
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arcane1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-03 04:48 PM
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2. kind of reminds me of the end of Contact (the book, not movie)
where they calculate pi to like the 5 billionth decimal point, with interesting results...
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-03 05:01 PM
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3. thank you for reminding me of that
:loveya:
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-03 05:43 PM
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5. ???
I saw the movie but don't remember that. Please 'splain.
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-03 05:48 PM
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6. It wasn't in the movie
Read the book
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TrogL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-11-03 05:42 PM
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4. I'm even more spooked
Edited on Thu Sep-11-03 05:49 PM by TrogL
(added threads)

Check out the two "noises" threads.

one http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=183624
two http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=183724
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