Damn scientists and their fancy equipment, my tape measure will barely get down to the 0.8(14) fm range
Comment on Proton's width measured to unparalleled precision, narrowing the path to new physics
starik@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
r~p~ = 0.8406(15) fm
Saved you a click
dnick@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
christopher@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
I wish I was smart enough to know how small that is
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
If the average human hair is about 50 billion femtometers wide, it means it takes about 58 billion photons lined up side to side to equal that width. So really fucking small.
Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 1 month ago
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Typo. Good catch.