In reply to Jones Beene's message of Mon, 5 Oct 2015 20:07:03 -0700: Hi, [snip] >Let me try to be more specific on this point: > >Ø > >Ø Protons do not decay in a cold state, but if accelerated fast enough (as at >CERN) they will decay to 4 muons after a collision. This does not absolutely >mean that protons are made of muons, but it is an indication of some kind of >cross-identity... The reason there are 4 instead of 9 may relate to antimuon >annihilation. > > > >Here is a reference from CERN on the Higgs boson process in which protons are >collided at high energy to form muons. > > > >http://home.web.cern.ch/images/2014/01/higgs-boson-decay-four-muons
Note that according to the caption under the picture this is a simulation. If I understand the meaning of the word correctly, then it's a mathematical model of what they think would happen based on the standard model. Hence none of us can use it as evidence for anything. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
