• Question: PV 329eura48: What kimd of experiments do you do?

    Asked by 329eura48 to Philip, Theo on 11 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by 352eura48, MeghanHardyMilborrow.
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      Philip Ratcliffe answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Thought experiments (Gedankenexperiment as Einstein called it). For example, I might try to imagine what might be a way to find evidence for the existence of some new particle (that may or may not exist). So I say suppose the Y particle existed, how would I see it. If I come up with something sensible I suggest to an experimentalist colleague and if he thinks it’s sensible too he tries it.
      But, as I said in another answer, I’m a theorist so I don’t do laboratory experiments.

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