Re:Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong?
by deftnerd on Saturday July 09, 2016 @07:38PM
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All our manipulation of particle trajectories use electromagnetic forces.
If we were to be able to come up with the technology to manipulate the strong force, would that open up possibilities for alternative colliders?
One problem that I can see is that the strong force might be stronger (strength of 1 vs 1/137 of the electromagnetic force) but the acting range of the force is much smaller (diameter of a medium sized nucleus). The electromagnetic force has a far superior range (technically infinite, but the power drops off depending on the distance)
Arm chair physicist here... I would love your knowledge on the general idea.
If we were to be able to come up with the technology to manipulate the strong force, would that open up possibilities for alternative colliders?
One problem that I can see is that the strong force might be stronger (strength of 1 vs 1/137 of the electromagnetic force) but the acting range of the force is much smaller (diameter of a medium sized nucleus). The electromagnetic force has a far superior range (technically infinite, but the power drops off depending on the distance)
Arm chair physicist here... I would love your knowledge on the general idea.