At 10:17 AM Sunday 9/16/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Richard Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 1:35 AM >Subject: Re: Mirror particles form new matter > > > David said: > > > >> What? They can't even call them "anti-matter"? > >> Now they're "mirror particles"? The level of > >> science writing seems to be constantly sinking. : ( > > > > When I read the headline I got quite excited as "mirror matter" > > means something quite different to "antimatter": > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_matter > > > >OK, so I did a minimal search on "mirror matter" and there are lots of >links, mostly for academic papers and news articles that explain very >little. > >So.....we know what happens when you combine matter with anti-matter. > >I expect you get practically the same result when you mix mirror >matter with mirror anti-matter. > >So if you mix normal matter with mirror anti-matter would the result >be: > >a: Nothing because they are mutually weakly interacting? > >or > >b: a similar reaction to matter/anti-matter mixing only with a >different particle emission? > >or > >c: other? > > > >xponent >Beyond My Scope Maru >rob
Does this remind anyone else of Asimov's essay "I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover," first published in the September 1966 F&SF and reprinted in the collection _Science, Numbers, and I_? -- Ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
