In reply to OrionWorks's message of Sat, 1 Nov 2008 17:35:52 -0500: Hi, [snip] >Hi Dr. Storms, > >It was bad wording on my part to suggest that I was seeking an actual >"radius". I meant to imply the distance (radius) where the repulsive >force was negated/overpowered by the strong force. > >My question goes back to a number of theoretical computer simulations >I have run over the past year that were initially based on the famous >equation: F = 1/r^2, the equation that best represents the orbital >motion characteristics of most planetary bodies within the macro >world, particularly on the solar-system scale. I started experimenting >with this simple equation. I started including all sorts of hybrid >variations. I noticed that one "hybrid" simulation simulated something >akin to the behavior of a coulomb barrier by simply including a new >equation, 1/r^3, the cubed root, where one keeps the square root 1/r^2 >as a negative(repulsive) sign and make the cubed 1/r^3 root a >positive(attractive) sign.
The nuclear force is usually described as a 1/r^6 force. Otherwise, your model sounds useful. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
