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Subject: Fifth force?
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Date: Tue, 14-Jan-86 23:33:08 EST
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There have been stories running in the poplular press recently regarding
a possible fifth force "hypercharge", claimed to be a repulsive force
about 1/100 as strong as gravity.  

For example, the headline "Hypercharge, a new force theory, jolts physics"
appeared in the Jan. 12 edition of the Philadelphia Enquirer, and mention has
even found its way into a few radio news reports.

I tend not to put too much fait in the medi when it comes to this sort
of thing -- any physicists out there have any real info on this?  

(I'm not a physicist, just an interested bystander...)

			Bob Alpert

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