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  • #16
    Originally posted by Sparko View Post
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    You wouldn't be able to read it either!
    If it weren't for the Resurrection of Jesus, we'd all be in DEEP TROUBLE!

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Christianbookworm View Post
      I guess strange quarks are very strange? What do they do anyway?
      They tend to decay very rapidly into non-strange quarks, but can survive long enough to form the equivalent of heavy protons before falling apart.

      The "strange" name, i think, came about because nobody had expected unstable quarks, and they found it difficult to explain their decay pattern.
      "Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from trolling."

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      • #18
        Originally posted by TheLurch View Post
        The Ω− baryon is composed entirely of strange quarks.

        It's now looking like particles with four or more quarks are also possible, though. So technically, something with five strange quarks could be possible, and thus even stranger.
        Is that anything like the strangelet?

        wiki:
        Dangers
        If the strange matter hypothesis is incorrect and its surface tension is larger than the aforementioned critical value, then a larger strangelet would be more stable than a smaller one. One speculation that has resulted from the idea is that a strangelet coming into contact with a lump of ordinary matter could convert the ordinary matter to strange matter.[14][15] This "ice-nine"-like disaster scenario is as follows: one strangelet hits a nucleus, catalyzing its immediate conversion to strange matter. This liberates energy, producing a larger, more stable strangelet, which in turn hits another nucleus, catalyzing its conversion to strange matter. In the end, all the nuclei of all the atoms of Earth are converted, and Earth is reduced to a hot, large lump of strange matter.
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangelet

        It's the quantum zombie apocalypse!

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Sparko View Post
          Is that anything like the strangelet?

          wiki:
          Dangers
          If the strange matter hypothesis is incorrect and its surface tension is larger than the aforementioned critical value, then a larger strangelet would be more stable than a smaller one. One speculation that has resulted from the idea is that a strangelet coming into contact with a lump of ordinary matter could convert the ordinary matter to strange matter.[14][15] This "ice-nine"-like disaster scenario is as follows: one strangelet hits a nucleus, catalyzing its immediate conversion to strange matter. This liberates energy, producing a larger, more stable strangelet, which in turn hits another nucleus, catalyzing its conversion to strange matter. In the end, all the nuclei of all the atoms of Earth are converted, and Earth is reduced to a hot, large lump of strange matter.
          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangelet

          It's the quantum zombie apocalypse!
          They're sort of orthogonal issues. The quadra- and penta-quark particles aren't theoretical at this point, and don't have to involve strange quarks (i haven't checked to see whether any of the ones we've spotted do happen to have them). Strangelets can (i think) involve three-quark particles. The hypothetical strangelet growth process would involve adding additional quarks, so could transition along a path that includes these newly discovered particles.
          "Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from trolling."

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Christianbookworm View Post
            What is the strangest state of matter?
            Odo ? 07A8C96B-CFD8-461D-A450-D274E1B2DA71.jpeg

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