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a9h74j
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Newly Measured Particle Seems Heavy Enough to Brea...
> “The W boson has to be the same on both sides of the Atlantic.”
GuB-42
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The European W boson is 143 yoctograms while the American W boson is 5 heptilionths of an ounce, a small but significant difference.
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Given the small size, I prefer to think of it as 2.2127 zeptograins. Troy grains, of course.
D-Coder
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African or European?
jasonhansel
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The only way to settle this question is to build the next particle accelerator on the US-Canada border.
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