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- From: packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer)
- Subject: Re: Is Positronium an atom?
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- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 12:00:00 GMT
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- In article <UeRMlBy00UhBQ3IWhw@andrew.cmu.edu>, pk03+@andrew.cmu.edu (Paul Karol) writes...
- >Is positronium an atom? Yes and no. It is sometimes called an "exotic
- >atom". It doesn't have a nucleus in the usual sense of
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- Okay, I'm reading this from sci.misc, where there's also a thread
- about whales blowing air bubble rings for fun. Now tell me, does
- positronium exist only in particle accelerator events, or can one
- make, say, a gram of the stuff?
-