Comments on: Wait, I thought the Universe was expanding, not shrinking! https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/09/wait-i-thought-the-universe-wa/ Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:50:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Adam_Smith https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/09/wait-i-thought-the-universe-wa/#comment-520304 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:50:22 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/09/wait-i-thought-the-universe-wa/#comment-520304 The radius of the proton probably derives from the position uncertainty of the three quarks that move about inside it and is in a reciprocal relation of some sort to the momentum of the electronic or muonic atom. Then the smaller proton radius observed with the heavier muon results from the greater momentum of the muonic atom.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/09/wait-i-thought-the-universe-wa/#comment-520303 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:03:03 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/09/wait-i-thought-the-universe-wa/#comment-520303 Something is wrong in Sector 7g!

]]> By: Rob Monkey https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/09/wait-i-thought-the-universe-wa/#comment-520302 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:00:13 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/09/wait-i-thought-the-universe-wa/#comment-520302 Anyone else getting a chuckle out of the fact that Carl Carlson is one of Homer Simpson’s fellow nuclear plant employees? Lenny Leonard couldn’t be reached for comment I guess.

]]> By: MikeMa https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/09/wait-i-thought-the-universe-wa/#comment-520301 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:24:54 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/09/wait-i-thought-the-universe-wa/#comment-520301 @Tom S.
Wouldn’t that be nice. Messy stuff, dark matter.

My last atomic physics course was many years ago and I do not remember if the altered dimension of the proton would affect it’s mass but I do not think so.

]]> By: Tom S. https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/09/wait-i-thought-the-universe-wa/#comment-520300 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:45:37 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/09/wait-i-thought-the-universe-wa/#comment-520300 Maybe it will make “dark matter” go away.

]]> By: MikeMa https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/09/wait-i-thought-the-universe-wa/#comment-520299 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:38:15 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/09/wait-i-thought-the-universe-wa/#comment-520299 The size is small but the percentage is HUGE. This could have implications on weak and strong force and all those other atomic measures. I’m waiting for a confirmation before I sell the house and move to a better understood universe.

]]> By: stone1343 https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/09/wait-i-thought-the-universe-wa/#comment-520298 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:44:23 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/09/wait-i-thought-the-universe-wa/#comment-520298 Shouldn’t that be 0.035 femtometers?

0.87680
– 0.84184
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0.03496

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/09/wait-i-thought-the-universe-wa/#comment-520297 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:22:50 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/09/wait-i-thought-the-universe-wa/#comment-520297 Oh, sorry … right, I meant to put that in, was checking the spelling on it, then saw something shiny. Fixing it now.

]]> By: Orb https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/09/wait-i-thought-the-universe-wa/#comment-520296 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:14:00 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/09/wait-i-thought-the-universe-wa/#comment-520296 Femtometers are the units. 🙂

]]> By: Kevin Sooley https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/09/wait-i-thought-the-universe-wa/#comment-520295 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:26:30 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/09/wait-i-thought-the-universe-wa/#comment-520295 0.00000000000003 what Greg? Units!

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