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Originally Posted by Michael Noonan
Take for instance the film of a pico second pulsed beam of light and the electron.
One the pattern is wavelike, more like an interference pattern that one might infer should have been like what Michelson and Morley were after.
Two the motion of a 'real' particle is not observed by wave pattern interference indicates the electron is not 'matter'.
In the whole universe there are two stable forms of matter. Normal matter the proton to be specific. Electrons just associate with them and neutrons decay to protons over a ten minute time frame. The proton has a stable half life estimated at 35 trillion years and proton death not occurring until around 120 trillion years.
Strange matter from the few strange matter distant objects observed, magnetars and so forth. It is well to remember two things here.
One this appears to be an ancient stable form of matter as these objects have ended their 'normal' life as stars.
Two as the universe ages matter is gradually building up ... hydrogen to helium to lithium to carbon and so on. (The next heavier stage is upward to lambda matter, worth thinking about).
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I don't think this is a valid assumption. As far back as we can breakdown the spectral evidence of quasars and galaxies, there is an abundance of higher elements. We can also find vast fields of 'primal' hydrogen rather locally - and I mean apparently emitted from galactic cores. Without any theories that demand otherwise, the evidence suggests that there is a renewal or recycling process. Yes, this is at odds with thermodynamic rules, but then, so are the observations.
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