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From: pmk@prometheus.UUCP (Paul M Koloc)
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Re: Electron radius
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Date: Tue, 3-Sep-85 00:31:09 EDT
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Scott Anderson ihnp4!oddjob!kaos!sra  mentions:
> "classical electron radius".  3*10^(-15) m.  As mentioned before, 
> the upper limit on the electron's radius is much smaller than this.
> the energy needed to hold the charge together (by some unknown force).  

hmmm mm?? ? 
I believe Scott mentioned something of order 10^(-18) meters for the
electron radius of an electron at rest.   Now where do you think
Scotty got that number from?  My guess is he thinks it's leprechaunic.  

Scott, would you be so kind as to render an explanation, and please 
keep it simple?  Remember we are talking about an electron at rest; that 
does constrain its energy and its associated momentum.  I think Terry
is checking on the experimental data. 

So it looks like we really can't CHOOSE to ignore an electron's momentum
without ignoring its energy (position and time), now can we Scott. 

Consider the Enterprise under attack by a beam of "point" electrons.  

"Captain Kirk, sir, if they were point particles why didn't they go 
through without damage?"  "Scotty, your right, it wasn't the points 
that blew the starboard engine, it was their damn fourier transform." 

                        Energy of fields 
               Held together by an "unknown" force! 
              How about the infinite force of logic? 
                    It sure works for quarks. 

               You don't really think its made of
                     littler marbles do you? 
                 If there's logic about,  it's gotta
                    show up sooner or latter. 
                More marbles inside of marbles? ??? 

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