Office Hours - Thursday 20.10

[charlieeppes.livejournal.com]

Today Charlie is amusing himself by throwing office basketball and calculating probabilities while waiting for either his study group or Angelus to show up. Or someone else.


(ooc: May actually have to work at work today, so replies will be slow. Study group - feel free to babble amongst yourself. Anybody else, be patient. I will reply.)

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[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam takes a second to regain her composure. "I'm not sure. It's a possibility."


[OOC: Oh thank God! *hugs John-mun* You ended the silliness!]

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Hmm." John leans back in his seat. "Well, I've been taking Quantum Physcis classes where we've been talking about the possibilities of these things but we haven't even delved into the scientific possibilities and the plausbility. I mean, could a wormhole even ever be stable?"

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam tried not to draw blood as she bit down on her tongue.

"I think that there's at least a viable argument that they could be. The problem is that no one knows how they're created." She shrugged. "I know this sounds more like a physics problem, but there's got to be a mathematical basis to support the physics, right?"

She looked to Professor Eppes for confirmation.

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"I think exploring the mathematical and scientific possibilities of creating a stable wormhole could be fascinating. There's gotta be a mathematical slant to this, a way to incorporate equations." John's getting a little excited now. "And Sam's right, they could be real and made stable. That could make interstellar travel possible!"

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam sends a sympathetic look to Janet and mouths, "Sorry."

John's enthusiasm is infectious, though, and she's soon grinning. "I think you're right. Where would we come up with the equations, though? I'm not sure exactly where to start."

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"The equations would most likely come from wormhole geometry." John grins again, finally able to do something interesting with space stuff. "We could theoretically study the spacetime geometry of a wormhole and how that would lead to an equation of a traverable wormhole."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"We could," Sam said, speaking excitedly. She's never really had people who cared about discussing wormhole math and physics before. This should be fun. "But I think we may be looking at more than one equation--I think we're going to be looking at a series of equations. And if we can figure out the right sequence, we might be able to figure out how to generate one ourselves one day."

"Okay...maybe we won't, but other people could."

[janet_fraiser]

Janet strongly resists the urge to snicker. Strongly.

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam resists the urge to nudge Janet in the side with her elbow.

[janet_fraiser]

Janet absolutely does not tell Sam she thinks this whole thing is incredibly hilarious. Mostly because she's going to have to see if Sam has physics books she can borrow now. Damn it.

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam's very excited at actually being able to spend time on the things that no one ever cared about at the SGC--like math and theory.

She also has plenty of physics textbooks for Janet to borrow.

[janet_fraiser]

Janet cared that Sam cared, but was often too busy doing medical things and terrorizing hapless soldiers to listen much.

Janet looks longingly at her book about nanotechnology in health care. Then again, watching Sam geek out firsthand is always fun.

[charlieeppes.livejournal.com]

"So, you've decided? Wormhole geometry and then a series of equations on how you might theoretically be able to travel through a wormhole?" Charlie asks, already jotting it down on his pad. "I'll talk to your teachers in physics and quantum theory, see if you can get some extra credits for this work with them as well."

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

"Thank you, Professor Eppes," Sam says, "I really appreciate this and I'm sorry we were so goofy. Jack O'Neill sent us caffeine, y'see. It's all his fault."

[janet_fraiser]

Janet grins at Sam and shakes her head in amusement. "I asked for it," she murmurs.