sooo what were to happen if a star ?supernova'd? BIG BANG THEORY!!! stars theoretically created the universe [not to go agaimst religion but im more of the scientistic group]
sooo what were to happen if a star ?supernova'd? BIG BANG THEORY!!! stars theoretically created the universe [not to go agaimst religion but im more of the scientistic group]
Would be pretty cool if that's how it happened :tongue.gif:
Wait, what's the difference between a Planck length and a quanta? Are they just different names for the same thing?
As far as I understand the terminology (my understanding of most of these things is only rudimentary), the Planck length would be a type of quanta (in that it is the smallest fundamental length), but there are others (such as the energy required for an electron to transition between energy levels, which can only be specific discrete values).
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As far as I understand it (my understanding of most of these things is only rudimentary), the Planck length would be a type of quanta, but there are others (such as the energy required for an electron to transition between energy levels, which can only be specific discrete values).
There is not an infinite amount of fractional space inside any measure of distance. You can try to divide it equally, but a certain length is the minimum possible distance travellable in the universe.
Recent evidence shows that might not exist, or if it does its way smaller...
Sorry, no source!
Every black hole, according to one theory, has an equal and opposite netity, known as a white hole, that lies past the zero-point of the black hole's innermost center. Past this point, all absorbed matter is being extruded at increasingly faster and faster speeds, being spuwed out of the white hole, which then acts as a star.
About the universes, you might be mixing it up with the idea that each and every sub-atomic particle has such high energy in it, that this can only b because that energy is in fact an universe on itself...
I find paradoxes to have no place in a scientific discussion. Such things have brought too many discussions down on its knees. I thus would rather avoid them.
By "undeniable evidence" you mean proof. By "clues" you mean evidence.
There has never, ever been anything to support string theory. And it's not mainstream, because a whole mess of scientists don't believe it, and even fewer are working on it.
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Yes, string theory is just math, little to no observation
I like tachyons, they deal with imaginary numbers to work with Eisenstein's equations..
sooo what were to happen if a star ?supernova'd? BIG BANG THEORY!!! stars theoretically created the universe [not to go agaimst religion but im more of the scientistic group]
Stars had nothing to do with the beginning of the Universe in the Big Bang theory.
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Oooh, I remember reading about tachyons. They move past the speed of light, don't they?
Theoretically, they have an imaginary mass, and obviously we haven't seen or measured any. They move faster than the speed of light, and it takes an energy level asymptoting toward infinity for them to go the speed of light.
Theoretically, they have an imaginary mass, and obviously we haven't seen or measured any. They move faster than the speed of light, and it takes an energy level asymptoting toward infinity for them to go the speed of light.
I'm interested in how tachyons affect other matter if they have an imaginary mass. Does they mean they can have any kind of gravitational pull on other matter, or vice versa? Or is that all not possible?
Theoretically, they have an imaginary mass, and obviously we haven't seen or measured any. They move faster than the speed of light, and it takes an energy level asymptoting toward infinity for them to go the speed of light.
I thought it would be impossible to detect them?
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Imaginary numbers are not real numbers. They exist on the complex plane, not the real number line.
I understand imaginary numbers and real numbers are, by definition, not the same thing. But the name "imaginary" was given when some dumb mathematician guy heard about it and said "oh, I don't understand that, so it's not real."
The name simply stuck. It's not accurate.
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Why's that a bad thing? Stars do fusion too :3
wow i mean NUKES = GOOD
sooo what were to happen if a star ?supernova'd? BIG BANG THEORY!!! stars theoretically created the universe [not to go agaimst religion but im more of the scientistic group]
Would be pretty cool if that's how it happened :tongue.gif:
Kidding about it being a bad thing, and I was talking about fission. The splitting of atoms, not joining.
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As far as I understand the terminology (my understanding of most of these things is only rudimentary), the Planck length would be a type of quanta (in that it is the smallest fundamental length), but there are others (such as the energy required for an electron to transition between energy levels, which can only be specific discrete values).
According to Wikipedia:
"In physics, a quantum (plural: quanta) is the minimum amount of any physical entity involved in an interaction."
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Hmm, I swear I remember the singular being quanta. Oh well.
I saw that Planck was the one who formulated quantum physics, and I remember quanta being the basis for that.
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Recent evidence shows that might not exist, or if it does its way smaller...
Sorry, no source!
Source????
I disagree, I find paradoxes interesting.
Yes, string theory is just math, little to no observation
I like tachyons, they deal with imaginary numbers to work with Eisenstein's equations..
Oooh, I remember reading about tachyons. They move past the speed of light, don't they?
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Yes, its also like moving back in time... They can't slow down slower than light, just like we can't go faster.
Stars had nothing to do with the beginning of the Universe in the Big Bang theory.
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Theoretically, they have an imaginary mass, and obviously we haven't seen or measured any. They move faster than the speed of light, and it takes an energy level asymptoting toward infinity for them to go the speed of light.
I'm interested in how tachyons affect other matter if they have an imaginary mass. Does they mean they can have any kind of gravitational pull on other matter, or vice versa? Or is that all not possible?
You heard that, green and red.
I thought it would be impossible to detect them?
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It probably is.
They almost certainly don't exist. Imaginary numbers are just that; Imaginary.
Or are they...
Imaginary numbers are real numbers, they just inhabit a 2-dimensional number line.
Meaning, in order for something to have imaginary mass, there must be 2 dimensions which can be used to describe mass. Which I doubt.
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Imaginary numbers are not real numbers. They exist on the complex plane, not the real number line.
You heard that, green and red.
I understand imaginary numbers and real numbers are, by definition, not the same thing. But the name "imaginary" was given when some dumb mathematician guy heard about it and said "oh, I don't understand that, so it's not real."
The name simply stuck. It's not accurate.
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