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Re: zero dimensional particles with mass

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From: Anthony Potts
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 00:00
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On 23 Mar 1997, Haplo wrote:

> >
> This is not right. The quantum theorie clearly states that you cannot
> know the exact location and velocity of a particle at the same time
> (at least not precisely. If you know one very accurate, the other gets
> almost unpredictable)

But we are dealing with absolutely huge momenta. The larger the momentum,
the smaller the uncertainty in size. So far, we have dropped the size down
below 10^-18 metres, or thereabouts (whatever a hundred or so GeV is
equivalent to)

> If it would be points, you would know both of those at the same time.

Again, you are incorrect here. Something can be a point, yet its position
can still be uncertain.


Anthony Potts

CERN, Geneva
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From: Anthony Potts <potts@cms.cern.ch>
Subject: Re: zero dimensional particles with mass
Date: 1997/03/23
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