chongo@nsc.UUCP (Landon Noll) (12/30/83)
Ms. Premise and Ms. Conclusion, two high energy physicists are talking in the Standford Linear Accelerator reaction chamber observation room. P: whats in the chamber? C: looks like a hadron. P: i dont mean whats in the chamber i mean what reaction!? C: well switch the beam on them. (pause) C: odd that hadron being there isnt it? P: well i wonder where it came from? C: perhaps it came from outer space. P: hadrons dont just come from outer space, they come from high energy reactions! C: NEUTRINOS! (pause) P: why did you say neutrinos? C: one hit me. (pause) C: if hangs around, it decay and shoot an electron out the back of the chamber. P: unless its a proton. C: well yea, it does look a bit charged to me. (pause) C: perhaps it came from the field particle zoo? P: which force does it carry? C: HOW SHOULD I KNOW, IM NOT DR. BLOODY HEISENBERG!! P: how would he know? C: oh, HE observes everything. P: well i wouldnt like a man like that, he would add all the mystery into life. (pause) P: besides, if it were a field particle, it would have a "DONT NOTICE, energy transfer in progress" stamped on it. C: they dont have anything stamped on them, you cant fit a sign on a massive W+ particle! P: they stamp them near their wave packet. there, ive quantum tunneled through your logic! C: OH, INTERACT with the HADRON! (a voice from above... sounding strangely like that of Einstein... ) V: it is now 636 seconds past, and time for the Hadron in your chamber to decay. (a proton, electron and anti-neutrino are formed) P: how did he know that? V: it was the roll of the dice! chongo <warning: Hadrons may explode while you are appreciating them> /\@@/\