From: Gina Miller (nanogirl@halcyon.com)
Date: Tue Oct 17 2000 - 18:01:16 MDT
Don't know if this is any help, but it was in my latest "Nanogirl News",
which by the way is still available at: http://www.onelist.com/nanotech
Gina~
*Double or quit. A lone researcher says he can cut an electron in two. If
he's right, quantum physics is dead. (New Scientist magazine, 10/14/00)
http://www.newscientist.com/features/features.jsp?id=ns226015
> Someone forwarded this to me - aside from he somewhat sensationalist tone,
> what exactly ARE the implications of this behavior? I don't see how
having
> two separate lobes for a wave function could pose a problem per se - after
all,
> with hyperboloids and such the same equation generates two distinct and
> separate shapes, but with the same equation.
>
> Of course, I am probably just showing my ignorance here, but I thought I'd
ask
> more experienced heads than mine.
>
> -Corey
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