From what does matter consist of?

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• or perhaps maybe made of something less conventional, like vibrations of a string.....

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  by CaRbOnPrOdUcK is Baccuss on September 5th, 2009

• Then scientists will look into strings I guess and let's see what they find.
  Am I right in thinking that scientists believe strings are almost more than 3 or 4 dimensional?

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  by Tim Unbounded on September 5th, 2009

• Some say up to 12. But although it's not the main stream favorite theory, I believe things are beginning to shift a little more in its favor. The reason, for one, it solves almost all of the infinities and anomolies suffocating the equations inside the point particle model, second, it explains why the deeper we go inside a "atom" the more so called "particles" we find. It's because we' might not be looking at point particles at all, but cross sections of strings that will never point definitive. I just think anything with so many mathamatical dead ends as point particle physics has, deserves to at least seriously question its valitity as our final standard model. Especially when there is an alternative one to study that meets a more stringent mathamatic efficiency.

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  by CaRbOnPrOdUcK is Baccuss on September 5th, 2009

• Thanks

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  by Tim Unbounded on September 6th, 2009

• Thank you +

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  by Anonymous on September 6th, 2009

• So everything is made from Protons, neutrons and electrons. These 3 molecules are the same in everything, or there are different in, lets say oxygen, and gold ? And if they are the same in every thing, what makes thing different in properties, texture and look ?

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  by Anonymous on September 6th, 2009

• That's where string theory, in my opinion, blends more naturally with the fabric of the universe sort ot speak, instead of isolating and compartmentalizing atoms and partickles endless spinoffs of each other and their cousins, the universe on a string, (this is a very basic explanation, i don't do it justice) differenciates the properties with a fluctuation in vibration, keeping everything as one, yet also as individual as point particle model trys to employ. The differnece is, and this is very important in my opinion, is one theory, point particle elements are riddled with mathamatic anomolies and endless infinities that cant seem to be resolved. I don't trust anything with much enthusiasm, that needs that much correcting before it can function as a real solution. Strings are future science fallen on accident by a scientific accidental landing onto a modern day scientists lap. I could go on, but the point is. I believe in string theory. And love watching it grow up.

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  by CaRbOnPrOdUcK is Baccuss on September 6th, 2009

• Didn't understand anything, but thank you. I still think that everything is made from the exact same thing.

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  by Anonymous on September 6th, 2009

• That's essentially what i just said. ;)

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  by CaRbOnPrOdUcK is Baccuss on September 6th, 2009

• I did start reading a book on string theory but became totally lost in it.
  What fascinated me about it was the idea that you can one can imagine having more than 3D in 3D, with sufficient looping and consideration of surfaces.
  Cheers CarbonProduct.

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  by Tim Unbounded on September 6th, 2009

• It's easy to get lost in a science that takes five differnt branches of math working together, in order to progress forward. Most of the hurdle's are stuck in the math that must literally be designed for this cooberation. I'll follow this until i die, because to me, it' seems like the first step has been taken, to truely unlocking some of the Universes delicious secrets ....

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  by CaRbOnPrOdUcK is Baccuss on September 6th, 2009

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• So you are saying that everything around me is made from these 3 particles. That me and you and everything else is made from the same thing.

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  by Anonymous on September 6th, 2009

• Yep! Well, those are the three matter particles we are made of. There are also a class of particles that are not considered to be matter - bosons - but are there none-the-less. Bosons are the mediators of force for electromagnetism, the strong force, the weak force, and, presumably, gravity.
  The electromagnetic and theoretical gravity bosons have no mass, but the Strong and Weak force bosons do. In fact, the mass of the proton and neutron comes mostly from the strong force bosons, known as "gluons" (yes, it's a contraction of "glue" and "on"), not from the quarks.
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  It's a strange world, eh?

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  by yeroco on September 6th, 2009

• Actually, I need to retract part of that. Gluons themselves have no mass, but the energy that binds the quarks together does have mass. If you look at the mass of a neutron, for example, only about 1-2% is from the quarks. The rest is from the binding energy between the quarks.

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  by yeroco on September 6th, 2009

• Thanks a lot for the information ! So everything is made from Protons, neutrons and electrons. These 3 molecules are the same in everything, or there are different in, lets say oxygen, and gold ? And if they are the same in every thing, what makes thing different in properties, texture and look ?

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  by Anonymous on September 8th, 2009

• These particles (protons, neutrons, and electrons) make up atoms like gold and oxygen, which in turn make up molecules, which are atoms which are bonded together by shared electrons. It's a hierarchy of structure. Some molecules can be extremely long because they have repeating sequences of parts, like a chain. Some of these are called polymers, and plastics are a very well known polymer, as is starch.
  
  There are also other forms, like crystals, which are a repetition of one or more element types, usually in three dimensions. Most metal, for example, is a crystal.
  
  You might want to look up "material science" on wikipedia for the answer to your last question.

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  by yeroco on September 8th, 2009

• Thanks.

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  by Anonymous on September 10th, 2009

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