source file: mills3.txt Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 00:45:23 +0100 Subject: Re: PLANCK CONSTANT From: "Paul H. Erlich" >}I am hoping someone can answer this question. If planck constant states >}that energy states can exist only in discrete steps > >Planck's contant is not the smallest unint of energy. It is the smallest unit >of ACTION. Action is energy times time, or momentum times distance. > >}does this apply to >}Frequency generated by a single physical system. In other words is a >}glissando not a glissando but minute little steps whole number multiples >}of a vibration detated by Planck Constant.If so, what is the octive >}equivalent of this fundamental?! > >All frequencies are permissible in quantum mechanics. However, if you use the >universal gravitational constant and the speed of light, as well as Planck's >constant, you can derive a fundamental unit of time, the inverse of which is >the fundamental unit of frequency. In superstring theory, which seems likely >to emerge as the most viable candidate for a grand unified theory, all >particles are like little loops of string, and thier first mode of vibration, >I believe, is supposed to be at this fundamental unit of frequency. Of >course, this frequency is trillions of trillions of . . . of trillions of >vibrations per second, and has nothing to do with acoustics. SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: "Paul H. Erlich" Subject: RE: 19, 22, etc PostedDate: 30-12-97 01:21:50 SendTo: CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH ReplyTo: tuning@eartha.mills.edu $MessageStorage: 0 $UpdatedBy: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH,CN=Manuel op de Coul/OU=AT/O=EZH RouteServers: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=notesrv1/OU=Server/O=EZH RouteTimes: 30-12-97 01:19:32-30-12-97 01:19:33,30-12-97 01:18:57-30-12-97 01:18:58 DeliveredDate: 30-12-97 01:18:58 Categories: $Revisions: Received: from ns.ezh.nl ([137.174.112.59]) by notesrv2.ezh.nl (Lotus SMTP MTA SMTP v4.6 (462.2 9-3-1997)) with SMTP id C125657D.0001F5B6; Tue, 30 Dec 1997 01:21:20 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA27491; Tue, 30 Dec 1997 01:21:50 +0100 Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 01:21:50 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA27474 Received: (qmail 18500 invoked from network); 29 Dec 1997 16:21:47 -0800 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 29 Dec 1997 16:21:47 -0800 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu