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libraryofbabel
19 days ago
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Is particle physics dead, dying, or just hard?
Is that actually true, if the charges differed at the 12th decimal place only? That’s non-obvious to me.
baggy_trough
19 days ago
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Yes because matter would have a residual charge that would massively overpower gravity even at that small a discrepancy.
PaulHoule
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To be devil's advocate maybe there is a surplus deficit of 1-part-in-10^12 in electrons relative to protons.
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