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Join expert discussion on High Energy, Nuclear, Particle Physics. Properties, relationships, and interactions of subatomic particles. Experimental and theoretical physics of nuclei and elementary particles.

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Symmetries and Conversation Laws

Mar 3, 2009 · Replies 37 · Mar 21, 2009

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A contrasting variant of QFT (J. Math. Phys 48, 2007)

Mar 19, 2009 · Replies 8 · Mar 21, 2009

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Does the Higgs violate E=mc^2?

Mar 17, 2009 · Replies 5 · Mar 21, 2009

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How does a Penning trap determine the upper limit of the electron radius?

Mar 20, 2009 · Replies 4 · Mar 20, 2009

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How significant are energy losses in subatomic inelastic particle collisions?

Mar 19, 2009 · Replies 7 · Mar 20, 2009

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Can We Measure the Weak Nuclear Fine Structure Constant via Beta Decay?

Mar 19, 2009 · Replies 21 · Mar 20, 2009

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Dual of electromagnetic field tensor.

Jun 14, 2008 · Replies 20 · Mar 19, 2009

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Question for thoes working in E&M/optics fields

Mar 18, 2009 · Replies 3 · Mar 19, 2009

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Indefinite number of neutrons?

Mar 17, 2009 · Replies 2 · Mar 18, 2009

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Very Basic Nuclear Reaction Q Value Problem

Mar 17, 2009 · Replies 1 · Mar 17, 2009

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Largest particle accelerator in existence

Mar 9, 2009 · Replies 28 · Mar 17, 2009

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Masses of sub- atomic particles

Mar 11, 2009 · Replies 21 · Mar 17, 2009

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Classical Yang-Mills Force Law ?

Mar 16, 2009 · Replies 2 · Mar 17, 2009

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What Determines the Range of the Strong Interaction?

Mar 14, 2009 · Replies 6 · Mar 17, 2009

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Spin-X Particles: What Does It Mean?

Mar 16, 2009 · Replies 3 · Mar 17, 2009

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Physical interpretation of V and A couplings

Mar 16, 2009 · Replies 6 · Mar 17, 2009

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How Can Flux Measurements Reveal the Energy Spectrum of Cosmic Ray Muons?

Mar 15, 2009 · Replies 1 · Mar 17, 2009

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What is the Conversion for Units in Particle Physics?

Mar 16, 2009 · Replies 1 · Mar 16, 2009

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Production of C14 in the upper atmosphere

Feb 25, 2009 · Replies 9 · Mar 15, 2009

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Neutron Proton Hit: What Happens to Electron?

Mar 15, 2009 · Replies 2 · Mar 15, 2009

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Conserved generalization of isospin I_3

Mar 14, 2009 · Replies 3 · Mar 14, 2009

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Why particles in a bubble chamber seam to disappear?

Mar 8, 2009 · Replies 8 · Mar 14, 2009

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Lattice QCD: topological charge

Mar 13, 2009 · Replies 3 · Mar 13, 2009

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Are all particles and objects simply expressions of fields?

Feb 24, 2009 · Replies 10 · Mar 13, 2009

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How Do Standard Model Symmetries Influence Theoretical Physics?

Mar 11, 2009 · Replies 11 · Mar 13, 2009

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What Are Core and Segment Signals in Gamma-ray Detectors?

Mar 11, 2009 · Replies 1 · Mar 12, 2009

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Neutron capture by light nuclei

Mar 4, 2009 · Replies 3 · Mar 11, 2009

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What is the about equivalence of ?

Mar 10, 2009 · Replies 3 · Mar 11, 2009

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Antimatter (Proton & Anti-Proton Annihilation)

Mar 9, 2009 · Replies 3 · Mar 11, 2009

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Uncovering Particle Mass Variability in Collider Data: The Case of Neutrinos

Mar 8, 2009 · Replies 8 · Mar 11, 2009

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High Energy Gamma Rays: Interaction w/ Matter

Mar 7, 2009 · Replies 8 · Mar 10, 2009

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Could Gravitons Exist Without Energy Consumption in Quantum Gravity?

Feb 23, 2009 · Replies 13 · Mar 10, 2009

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What is the difference between additive and multiplicative renormalisations?

Mar 4, 2009 · Replies 5 · Mar 9, 2009

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Anyone of you guys read this month's Scientific American?

Aug 17, 2005 · Replies 23 · Mar 9, 2009

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Why do all elementary particles spin?

Feb 1, 2009 · Replies 20 · Mar 9, 2009

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Zz.the electron a black hole in disguise?

Nov 7, 2008 · Replies 11 · Mar 8, 2009

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'Extra' terms in Abelian Higgs model

Mar 7, 2009 · Replies 2 · Mar 8, 2009

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Using a plasma arc instead of fission for a reactor style rocket

Dec 10, 2008 · Replies 16 · Mar 7, 2009

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Gravitons and gravity vs curvature of space-time.

Jul 16, 2007 · Replies 10 · Mar 7, 2009

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How Were Leptons Discovered and Measured?

Mar 7, 2009 · Replies 2 · Mar 7, 2009

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Questions about weak force +bosons

Mar 7, 2009 · Replies 1 · Mar 7, 2009

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What Is Topological Charge in Quantum Chromodynamics?

Mar 6, 2009 · Replies 1 · Mar 6, 2009

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Why Are There Two Solutions for Pion Energy in This Kinematic Process?

Mar 6, 2009 · Replies 4 · Mar 6, 2009

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Minimal mass of a neutron star.

Mar 5, 2009 · Replies 11 · Mar 6, 2009

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Analogue of Callan-Symanzik equation for Ising model

Mar 4, 2009 · Replies 1 · Mar 5, 2009

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Cock Croft Walton accelerator

Feb 14, 2009 · Replies 2 · Mar 3, 2009

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What is the difference between the God Particle and the Graviton?

Feb 25, 2009 · Replies 23 · Mar 3, 2009

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Conclusion from beta-spectrum to existence of neutrinos

Mar 3, 2009 · Replies 3 · Mar 3, 2009

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Are Natural Units Truly Dimensionless?

Mar 1, 2009 · Replies 10 · Mar 3, 2009

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Atomic Energy: Can Tehran Engineer a Bomb?

Mar 1, 2009 · Replies 2 · Mar 2, 2009

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What is the role of power counting in renormalisation?

Mar 1, 2009 · Replies 1 · Mar 2, 2009

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Exploring Lepton Annihilation and Hadron Formation in the Standard Model

Feb 18, 2009 · Replies 30 · Mar 2, 2009

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How do you make a partical excelarator that uses negitive ions?

Feb 21, 2009 · Replies 1 · Mar 2, 2009

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Gravity at a microscopic level

Feb 24, 2009 · Replies 8 · Mar 1, 2009

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Is Renormalization Just a Prescription in Quantum Field Theory?

Feb 21, 2009 · Replies 9 · Mar 1, 2009

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Explaining Aether & Difference between Higgs Field & Aether

Feb 14, 2009 · Replies 6 · Feb 28, 2009

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DNA-functionalized nanoparticles

Feb 28, 2009 · Replies 3 · Feb 28, 2009

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What is the role of the minus sign in particle and antiparticle propagation?

Feb 18, 2009 · Replies 10 · Feb 26, 2009

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Calculating Binding Energy of D-2 in MeV

Feb 26, 2009 · Replies 1 · Feb 26, 2009

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Difference between neutron and neutral delta

Feb 24, 2009 · Replies 3 · Feb 25, 2009

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U-238 Neutron Capture: Clarifying Misconceptions about Fast and Slow Neutrons

Feb 25, 2009 · Replies 3 · Feb 25, 2009

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What is the trace of the second-Rank tensor?

Feb 23, 2009 · Replies 5 · Feb 25, 2009

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Is Pu Impossible to Mine in Nature Due to Its Short Half-Life?

Feb 21, 2009 · Replies 3 · Feb 21, 2009

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What is the contradiction between neutrino oscillation and helicity?

Feb 20, 2009 · Replies 7 · Feb 21, 2009

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Why Isn't Clockwise EMF Considered an Anti-Particle?

Feb 19, 2009 · Replies 7 · Feb 21, 2009

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Uuu in Spin 1/2 Config - PhysicsForums.com

Feb 12, 2009 · Replies 11 · Feb 20, 2009

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The Gamma Matrix Trace Paradox: A Conundrum in Spinor Calculations

Feb 19, 2009 · Replies 4 · Feb 19, 2009

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180deg Rotation in Isospin space

Feb 15, 2009 · Replies 1 · Feb 19, 2009

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Adjoint representation correspondence?

Jan 29, 2009 · Replies 7 · Feb 16, 2009

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Hi. a simple question on endothermic fusion

Feb 14, 2009 · Replies 4 · Feb 14, 2009

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Probability of Beta Particle Detection from Uniformly Covered Surface

Feb 13, 2009 · Replies 7 · Feb 13, 2009

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What's the relation between SUSY Generators and Covariant Derivatives?

Jan 4, 2009 · Replies 5 · Feb 9, 2009

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Detecting Virtual Photons & EM Force: A Particle Physics Quandary

Feb 3, 2009 · Replies 2 · Feb 9, 2009

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Spin connection vs. Christoffel connection

Feb 7, 2009 · Replies 3 · Feb 9, 2009

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Bound states of massless fermions

Feb 8, 2009 · Replies 3 · Feb 9, 2009

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What Are Hidden Sectors and Their Particles?

Feb 8, 2009 · Replies 2 · Feb 8, 2009

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Being hit by a fast particle - What would happen?

Feb 7, 2009 · Replies 5 · Feb 7, 2009

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Cross Section Difference Bhabha Scattering and Muon Pair Production

Jan 28, 2009 · Replies 1 · Feb 7, 2009

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Does the Detection of Gluons Provide Strong Evidence for Their Existence?

Feb 6, 2009 · Replies 4 · Feb 7, 2009

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Solving the Mystery of the Higgs Field

Feb 6, 2009 · Replies 6 · Feb 7, 2009

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Please explain binding energy?

Feb 6, 2009 · Replies 1 · Feb 6, 2009

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Compute Breit-Wigner for particle decay

Feb 5, 2009 · Replies 4 · Feb 6, 2009

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Question on solar neutrinos and IceCube

Feb 6, 2009 · Replies 1 · Feb 6, 2009

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Conversion of particle fluence to Krad

Feb 6, 2009 · Replies 3 · Feb 6, 2009

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What Happens to the Force Between Quarks When They Are Pulled Apart?

Feb 3, 2009 · Replies 13 · Feb 4, 2009

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Quadratic Casimir Operator of SU(3)

Jan 31, 2009 · Replies 12 · Feb 4, 2009

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What Are the Key Differences Between Atoms and Nuclides?

Feb 2, 2009 · Replies 8 · Feb 4, 2009

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What Do K and Alpha Represent in Yukawa's Potential?

Feb 3, 2009 · Replies 2 · Feb 3, 2009

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Weak Interactive Force: Mesons & Bosons

Feb 1, 2009 · Replies 3 · Feb 2, 2009

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The Nucleus or Nucleon or Neutron Bomb

Jan 31, 2009 · Replies 2 · Feb 2, 2009

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Does an electron have an internal structure?

Jan 24, 2009 · Replies 54 · Feb 2, 2009

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What are some recommended Feynman diagram calculators?

Jan 30, 2009 · Replies 4 · Feb 2, 2009

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Why we need intermediate particles

Jan 31, 2009 · Replies 4 · Jan 31, 2009

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Positronium Decay: Energy of Photon?

Jan 30, 2009 · Replies 5 · Jan 31, 2009

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How do gravitons cause gravitational attraction?

Jan 30, 2009 · Replies 1 · Jan 30, 2009

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Why are only some particles fissionable/fissile?

Nov 26, 2008 · Replies 34 · Jan 30, 2009

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Feynman's empty space isn't really empty space

Jan 4, 2009 · Replies 12 · Jan 30, 2009

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Why spin 1/2 nucleus has no quadrupole?

Jan 23, 2009 · Replies 14 · Jan 29, 2009

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Is the weak and strong force the same force?

Jan 29, 2009 · Replies 1 · Jan 29, 2009

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Neutron-Only Nuclei: Stability & Forces

Jan 21, 2009 · Replies 18 · Jan 29, 2009

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Particle Physics

Welcome to the Particle Physics forum!

Particle physics is a branch of physics that explores the fundamental constituents of matter and the forces acting upon them at the smallest scales. It involves the study of subatomic particles, such as quarks, leptons, and bosons, and their interactions.

Particle accelerators and detectors are crucial tools in this field, allowing scientists to probe the properties of particles by colliding them at high energies. The Standard Model of particle physics encapsulates our current understanding of these elementary particles and their interactions, but researchers continually seek to expand this framework and explore phenomena such as dark matter and dark energy.

Particle physics plays a central role in unraveling the fundamental nature of the universe, helping us comprehend the building blocks that form all matter and the forces governing their behavior.

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