Template:Did you know nominations/Schwinger limit

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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:08, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Schwinger limit

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• ... that the universe could get a "hernia" with a laser powerful enough to exceed the Schwinger limit (Feynman diagram pictured)?

• Comment: I'm not sure how figurative/misleading these hooks are allowed to be. This hook is based on a cited metaphor in one of the references.
• Reviewed: Height of the Rockies Provincial Park

Created/expanded by Teply (talk). Self nom at 07:37, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

• That hook is just too silly and does not reveal much to the reader. A straight statement of what it is is enough, as it is not something that most people know. How about:

• alt1 ... that the strength of light is limited by the Schwinger limit where electrons and positrons are pulled from the vacuum by the strong electric field (Feynman diagram pictured)?
• and meanwhile the article is big and new enough. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 13:13, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

• ALT2:... that light can elastically scatter other light (Feynman diagram pictured) if the electric field strength exceeds the Schwinger limit?

I think this ALT2 is what you want. It's not as silly and addresses the image more directly. By the way, User:Brews ohare created the image. Teply (talk) 07:19, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

also no plagiarism found. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:55, 25 June 2012 (UTC)