----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 4:10 PM Subject: Re: Outlandish but exceedingly fun.
> Its actually the neutron degeneracy that keeps things from getting denser. > Higher densities are thought possible in a quark/gluon soup. Remember, > neutrons are really not solid spheres. Quarks, electrons, and gluons are > point like (as far as we can tell now). > Say......wouldn't a neutron star pretty much be like a gigantic atom? (Minus protons of course) With an electron shell? I think that last year I posted an article about the discovery of a "Quark Star". IIRC, it was more or less a neutron star that had collapsed into a sphere of mostly strange quarks. xponent Weird Questions Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
