E=mc^2 Verified In Quantum Chromodynamic Calculation 268
chirishnique and other readers sent in a story in AFP about a heroic supercomputer computation that has verified Einstein's most famous equation at the level of subatomic particles for the first time. "A brainpower consortium led by Laurent Lellouch of France's Centre for Theoretical Physics, using some of the world's mightiest supercomputers, have set down the calculations for estimating the mass of protons and neutrons, the particles at the nucleus of atoms. ... [T]he mass of gluons is zero and the mass of quarks is only five per cent. Where, therefore, is the missing 95 per cent? The answer, according to the study published in the US journal Science on Thursday, comes from the energy from the movements and interactions of quarks and gluons. ... [E]nergy and mass are equivalent, as Einstein proposed in his Special Theory of Relativity in 1905." Update: 11/21 15:50 GMT by
KD : New Scientist has a slightly more technical look at the accomplishment.
So your saying... (Score:1, Funny)
Cowboy Neal isn't 'heavy set', he is just full of energy?
Good news, everyone! (Score:5, Funny)
Oh dear (Score:3, Funny)
New Scientist has a slightly more technical look at the accomplishment.
When I read a sentence like that, I begin to wonder if maybe I'm getting my science news from the wrong source.
Re:First proton (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Pretty cool (Score:1, Funny)
There is no gravity the universe sucks.
Re:Good news, everyone! (Score:1, Funny)
I tried that line on my ex when she surprised me with her sister on her bed. It didn't work.
My proof (Score:5, Funny)
We know that e^(pi*i)=-1
and i=Sqrt(-1)
So, to prove that e=mc^2,
we substitute for e, and you get
(mc^2)^(pi*sqrt(-1))=-1 or
(mc^2)^(sqrt(-pi^2)=-1
mc Hammer only had 15 minutes of fame, so squaring that is 225 minutes
If you had a pie, and you squared it off, and I took it from you, and made it round again, you'd have the square root of a negative pie squared.
But this is pi, not pie, so we need to divide by e, which we know is 2.71828...
So 225^(1/2.71828)=-1
I know this worked yesterday... one moment....
Re:Incomplete Equation (Score:3, Funny)
E^2 = (mc^2)^2 + (pc)^2
Political Correctness has found it's way into Physics now, I guess.
Scientists are bankers (Score:4, Funny)
It seems odd that scientists now claim that something (matter) is creating from fluctuations in the nothing (vacuum).
Previously, the audacity was only had by bankers creating value from no-documentation mortgage-backed securities.
Re:I've only got one thing to say... (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, all those stupid PhD physicists, wasting money on experimental rigorous verification of stuff that any random geek on /. already knows is true. Tell you what, why don't you send them an e-mail explaining how they're wasting time and money, and let us know how that turns out?
Re:Pretty cool (Score:3, Funny)
Well they tried, but unfortunately the people were killed by an atomic bomb.
Re:My proof (Score:2, Funny)
Girls = Time * Money
Time = Money
Thus:
Girls = Money * Money = Money^2
Money = sqrt(Evil)
Therefore: Girls = (sqrt(Evil))^2
Simplified: Girls = Evil (Shamelessly stolen from an old 'funny internet' picture)
Re:My proof (Score:3, Funny)