Comment on Proton's width measured to unparalleled precision, narrowing the path to new physics

starik@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• christopher@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I wish I was smart enough to know how small that is

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  • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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.

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    • Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      photons

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      • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Typo. Good catch.

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• dnick@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Damn scientists and their fancy equipment, my tape measure will barely get down to the 0.8(14) fm range

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