/sci/ - Science & Math

>>2967996
Sorry I didn't get to it already. Maybe, if you ask nicely I will answer it.

>>2501817
"Physics is the only real science. The rest are just stamp collecting."

-- Ernest Rutherford

>>2264991
>why dont the nuclear forces simply stop them from colliding/annihilating?

First of all nuclear forces only apply to shit like atoms and molecules, it makes no sense to speak of nuclear forces in particle physics. And when speaking of annilation you usually are actually speaking of particle physics.

There are 4 forces in particle physics, and they actually work by particle exchange. Ie, a partcile will emit a "force carrier", which in turn will be absorbed by another particle. These are the only type of "force interactions" that actually occur in nature.

The prime example of annilation is the electron and the positron. They both annilate each other, and create two photons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron%E2%80%93positron_annihilation

In this reaction, charge is conserved, as well as energy/mass/momentum. As all the mass, energy, and mometum of the orginal particles, are converted to the energy/momentum of the two photons.

>>1384658
>>1384663
>>1384658
Tesla you say you're a scientist, but what did you ever contribute to science? The AC motor? That's engineering.

-Sincerely, Ernest Rutherford, discoverer of the nucleus and first true alchemist. Heck I even have an element named after me. You just have a unit named after you and an unofficial one at that.

>>1242854
"I am so bloody tired of having to dumb shit down for these faggots (engineers)" - E. Rutherford