[MD] Neutrinomarsha

[MarshaV]

Adrie, 

I had heard that the proof, at Fermilab, for the top quark came from six 
of six million trials.  I also heard that the existence of the Higgs boson 
was hypothesized because of the appearance of unwanted zeros in 
certain calculations..  It is not comforting be at the mercy of such 
hearsay, but at the same time I can sense the excitement.  

While I like the excitement, I am very skeptical (rightfully) because I've
also been exposed to lectures, interviews and articles on the
'science wars' of the 1990's.  Add to this how horrifying it is to hear 
that the calculation for top spin is not just mathematics but something 
"real".  Real?  In what sense real?   

Looking at the bubbles in my half-filled teacup.  It seems like a tiny 
cauldron of chaotic ideas.  It might not be so farfetched to predict that 
there are some big changes coming, a new world-view even.  
 

Marsha, 
     the knower of nothing.    




On Apr 25, 2010, at 4:30 PM, Fam. Kintziger-Karaca wrote:

> hi, Marsha
> 
> bubble chambers can be as tiny as a teacup.
> they use boiling water to make the path of the partikel visible.
> 
> The Kamiokande-experiment uses extremely purified water to do the same.
> And the scale of the detektor is very extreme.
> 
> They had a very big accident with imploding Pmt's, after witch the reactor was 
> downscaled, the price was too high to repair.
> 
> It is used now in a lesser form, less Pmt's.But it still works.
> 



 
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