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Physicists are amazing in coming up with names, from WIMPs (Weakly interacting massive particles) to something like Nuclear Pasta[1], with all sorts of culinary
by lvncelot 7y ago
Physicists are amazing in coming up with names, from WIMPs (Weakly interacting massive particles) to something like Nuclear Pasta[1], with all sorts of culinary phases.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_pasta#Phases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_pasta#Phases
- deadmetheny 7y agoMy personal favourite is the 'barn', an area approximately the size of the face of a uranium nucleus, invented to covertly describe a large-ish target size to hit (the 'broad side of a barn') with a particle beam.