Originally posted by boxboy28
now that ild like to see/hear sounds interesting.
But where does the matter go ? the 3rd dimension?
and what the hell is "quantum foam theories"?
Hey there Boxboy,
Matter can indeed appear and reappear without cause... In fact, electrons revolving around atomic nuclei frequently totally disappear, and materialize again.
String theory partially explains this, where quantum mechanics can not.
An interesting experiment (I'll have to look for the article) was performed where they were firing electrons at a block of solid lead. Due to the density of the lead block, most of the electrons would not penetrate through to the other side as was expected. A few would make it through, but would arrive at the opposite end at a much slower velocity than they were originally fired. This was also an anticipated result.
What freaked them out was that there were a few electrons which arrived at the other end, and didn't slow down at all. Some in fact, appeared to have exceeded the speed of light which is impossible given the physics of our universe. The only explanation was that these electrons disappeared and rematerialized on the other side of the lead block instantly.
This prediction was made by quantum mechanics but was never physically observed until this experiment was performed. Apparently, it is now quite commonplace to observe this phenomenon in particle accellerators.
Weird stuff, but verified scientifically as being true.
String theory explains this phenomenon as being as ordinary as combing your hair. The electrons pass through dimensions that we are unable to see or observe, and occasionally reappear back in our dimension elsewhere.
They have built a gravitational wave detector called LIGO which just came online last year. They are expecting to detect gravitational waves within two years, which will lend a lot of credence to theories that state extra dimensions exist.