True_Avery Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 http://www.physorg.com/news146415074.html http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iYftcP0kR2mf032kK3WFVR9k_O2A It's taken more than a century, but Einstein's celebrated formula e=mc2 has finally been corroborated, thanks to a heroic computational effort by French, German and Hungarian physicists. 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. According to the conventional model of particle physics, protons and neutrons comprise smaller particles known as quarks, which in turn are bound by gluons. The odd thing is this: the mass of gluons is zero and the mass of quarks is only five percent. Where, therefore, is the missing 95 percent? 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. In other words, energy and mass are equivalent, as Einstein proposed in his Special Theory of Relativity in 1905. The e=mc2 formula shows that mass can be converted into energy, and energy can be converted into mass. By showing how much energy would be released if a certain amount of mass were to be converted into energy, the equation has been used many times, most famously as the inspirational basis for building atomic weapons. But resolving e=mc2 at the scale of sub-atomic particles -- in equations called quantum chromodynamics -- has been fiendishly difficult. "Until now, this has been a hypothesis," France's National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) said proudly in a press release. "It has now been corroborated for the first time." For those keen to know more: the computations involve "envisioning space and time as part of a four-dimensional crystal lattice, with discrete points spaced along columns and rows." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderQ Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 HURRAH FOR EINSTEIN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chevron 7 locke Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 huh...103 years...well that took a long time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimmerman Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 I thought this had been proven years ago, as E=mc^2 is one of the governing equations for nuclear power systems. I know the other aspects of Einstein's theory of special relativity have been corroborated such as time dilation and length contraction; I figured this had been also. Kudos to the engineers and scientists involved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 I told you guys we can make lightsabers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litofsky Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 *does a dance for Einstein* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordOfTheFish Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Peeshah... I never doubted him once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctrl Alt Del Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Einstein? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litofsky Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Einstein? ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderQ Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 A pity that Einstein's theory is proved long after his death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Not really. He knew he was right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderQ Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 True, true, he did know he was right, I guess it's the same as being proven right by someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Only if one gives a damn about what other people think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctrl Alt Del Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 ... Click the smilie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litofsky Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Click the smilie My most sincere apologies, Ctrl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrPhil2501 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Wow, thats very facinating ( I have no idea what they are talking about...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderQ Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Take alook at the posts and you will learn. Albert Einstein was a genius! E=MC2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrPhil2501 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 All I'm processing is references to Nuclear Physics and praises for Einstein's own achievements. I'm dreadfully sorry, I'm more of an artsy-fartsy person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 E=mc^2one person in this entire thread got it right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Jones Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 one person in this entire thread got it right excellent ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Buttercrust Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 *sniff* Dead boy would be so proud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Monance Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 one person in this entire thread got it right And this is supposed to be the most popular formula... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderQ Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Well, E=MC^2 is very popular, it could be a matter of not knowing how to type it. Albert Einstein was a genius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev7 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcesious Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 I thought the Atomic Bomb already proved E=MC^2 to be true... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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