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Sunday, December 14, 2014

How Big Is Mama?

From the previous post "Photon Momentum", for a mass-less photon,

mρpc2=mρc22xz0ψdx=0

mρc2=2xz0ψdx

Since xzaψ

mρ2c2aψ0ψdx

we have an expression for the maximum mass density of a particle, mρmax.  We cannot simply substitute the values for aψ discovered previously in the post "Sizing Them Up".  However, if the particle with aψ=15.48 nm is a photon, then

xz15.48

Thus,

0<mρ2c215.480ψdx;

a size range restriction upon the mass density of the mother of all particles.