three quarks inside a proton account for only about 1 percent of the proton's measured mass; all the rest of the mass comes from the energy that binds the quarks together. We already knew that atoms are mostly empty space; now we learn that the nuclei inside atoms are mere puffballs, with almost no solid substance.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Empty space full of mass!
In his current column in American Scientist, Brian Hayes points out that the
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