Re: [Phys-l] Hubble Law

[Rick Tarara <rtarara@saintmarys.edu>]

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From: "Calvin Kalman" <Calvin.Kalman@CONCORDIA.CA>


> >I've read John's stuff--I'm sure that's my source of  immediate 
> >recollection
> > of the below.  My question is why?  Why does the space between galaxy's,
> > between stars, expand but not the space between molecules, between atoms,
> > between nucleons?
> >
> > Rick
>
> The energy provided through an effective cosmological constant is
> released in a phase change to energy bound up in the space time
> structure.
> --
I'll have to admit that the above doesn't help much.  Is that just me?  Or 
is there an implied 'smiley' in the above??

Rick

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