Originally posted by humyThat seems highly unlikely because the 4-quarks themselves, if confirmed, are highly unstable particles. If stable combinations of such composite particles into nuclei would be possible, one would expect such stable particles to have been observed already.
http://phys.org/news/2013-11-high-energy-physicists-family-four-quark.html
Is is possible to make some kind of stable atoms out of some combination of several of these 4-quark particles?
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Originally posted by KazetNagorraDamn! Oh well; we will just have to stick to making things out of boring old ordinary atoms.
That seems highly unlikely because the 4-quarks themselves, if confirmed, are highly unstable particles. If stable combinations of such composite particles into nuclei would be possible, one would expect such stable particles to have been observed already.
Originally posted by humyI hear the universe next door has a substance called quadruquatrovierfourium made up of three hither quarks and one thither quark. (Unfortunately the physicists over there have the same utter lack of imagination when it comes to naming their particles as ours have.)
Damn! Oh well; we will just have to stick to making things out of boring old ordinary atoms.
Originally posted by KazetNagorraThe heck with a mere 4, lets go for 6, that should be a new island of stability.
That seems highly unlikely because the 4-quarks themselves, if confirmed, are highly unstable particles. If stable combinations of such composite particles into nuclei would be possible, one would expect such stable particles to have been observed already.