Sylas,
Yes:
- I'm speaking out of my ass
- It's been over 6 months since I read about it
- I didn't understand it much WHEN I did read it
BUT
I think
Dr. Frank Wilczek claims that quantum chromodynamics can account for 93% of graviational mass.
I'm not throwing this out there for any reason except to ask you how familiar you are with the theory, and if you are, how that weighs in on this topic.
By the way, if it sounds like I don't know what I'm talking about, clearly it's because I don't know what I'm talking about. Time to listen to that talk again...
Thanks.
Ben
AbE: I'm listening to the video again. I'll try to extract better thoguhts from it directly--sorry for posting so imprecisely before.
In the meantime, Tony, I think you should give it a listen. I think it addresses your question (about "infinite" collapse) a bit. I'm thinking specifically of material presented from 39:00-40:00 (but you'll probably have to listen to the rest of the talk to understand that part).
Wilczek talks about the different particles that exist, and that they're basically quasi-stable states of quark interaction (he uses the analogy of the hydrogen atom, which is a stable state of proton-electron interaction. were it not for QM, the proton and electron would sit on top of each other. same deal is going down for quark interaction, which produces these funky particles)
This message has been edited by Ben, Tuesday, 2005/05/17 03:49 PM
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