153. Quantum melody
HEP-TH/PH — By Jim on December 27, 2008 at 12:00 pmBelow subatomic, the particles
slip through Heisenberg’s uncertainty nets.
They cannot even be called articles;
they’re just mathematical epithets.
Though we may say they have up or down spins
(we may even find them charming or strange),
like angels that dance on the heads of pins,
it takes metaphysics to find their range.
They have no shape we can define, except
as bleary fields of energy. Until
we measure them, there’s no place where they’re kept;
their locus is totally vibratile.
They pluck at space like an instrument string,
at this scale. Quark! The hadron angels sing!

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That is quite funny, but also quite prophetic. Hope your holidays were a relaxing joy.
Dear Jim
Thanks for a very nice Xmas present
Merry Xmas and happy New Year!
Dmitry.
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