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physics-talk Sept 17 2009 (16:42)

physics-talk is a Thursday night physics discussion group, starting at 8pm ET.

Bohmian Mechanics is a theory about point particles moving along trajectories. It has the property that in a world governed by Bohmian mechanics, observers see the same statistics for experimental results as predicted by quantum mechanics. Bohmian mechanics thus provides an explanation of quantum mechanics. Moreover, the Bohmian trajectories are defined in a non-conspiratorial way by a few simple laws.

If superconducting sheets reflected gravitational waves... and it seems that they do. Now 42 orders of magnitude sounds like a lot (of damn near anything), so maybe this effect is useful for something besides explaining oddities in gravity wave experiments, or even concluding that the oddities mean gravity waves are present.

From the Earth to the Moon kids measured the distance using Neil Armstrong's trip and data off the Internet.

New high temperature superconductor iron arsenide plus water. Okay, 25K isn't really high temperature, but interesting.

What's wrong with this idea? A new world speed record for steam powered cars was recently set, erasing the record help by a Stanley Steamer. It used a flash boiler setup. My thought is that by using hydrogen peroxide the whole boiler mechanism could be replaced by a high pressure pump and a catalyst. Thoughts and comments?