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On spontaneous symmetry breaking and Higgs’s mechanism of mass production
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Why Are Currents in Matrix Elements Confusing?
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Photon as electrical force carrier
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Why Do GUT Theories Only Use Left Spinors?
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What is charge? Why do fundamental particles possess it?
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Understanding Plasma Temperatures: Causes & Effects
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Are monopoles a problem for all gauge groups in GUT theories?
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Why Are Force Unification Scales Different in Physics?
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Thought experiment: Implosion reaction
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How Does the Neutrino Mass Matrix Connect to Up-Quark Masses?
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Can we add or remove a proton?
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What are Preons and How Do They Fit into the Standard Model?
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Annihilation and anti-matter interactions
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Where are the Higgs boson particles
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The difference between Compton and DeBroglie wavelengths?
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Gauge invariance and it's relation to gauge bosons
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Radiation Physics: Compton Effect & Hi Intensity Photons
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Help with Understanding D-T Fusion for Class Project
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Atomic Half Lives: Calculating Half Life of an Atom
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The Rest of the Yukawa's Theory
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Why Are Hadrons Heavier Than Their Quark Components?
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First Evidence of New Physics in b <-> s Transitions
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Radiotracer Decay - What's Left?
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Higgs field, mass and why particles cling to it?
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Unparticle physics is currently a very popular research area
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Who Introduced NCSM and When Was It Introduced?
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Quarks in a meson, antibaryon, baryon
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Inclusive, semi-exclusive and exclusive nuclear reaction
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Neutrino Oscillation: Learn About the Experiment
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How can I simplify this complex integration for regularization?
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The different lifetimes of W boson and Pion?
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Higgs Mechanism: Does it Give Mass to All Particles?
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Why do some heavy elements prefer beta decay over other forms of decay?
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Can a neutral pion decay to a neutrino and an anti-neutrino?
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Relativistic quantum mechanics
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How fun is particle physics research? (re:computation work)
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Gyromagnetic Ratio: Quarks, Gluons, Antiquarks
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Can Laser Fusion Revolutionize Energy Production?
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Resonant Plasma/New ICF method
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Dirac Equation and Spinor Field Transformations: Understanding the Basics
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Isotope Stability: Factors Explained
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Positron and anti-proton existence
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Understanding Z-Pinch Plasma Behavior for Hydrogen Ion Stream Compression
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Why Do Antimatter and Matter Annihilate When They Collide?
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Nuclear Chemistry: Explaining Binding Energy and Mass Defect
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How Can Neutrino Spin Be Measured Beyond Decay Processes?
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Do Weak Mediators Need to be Massive?
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Atomic Nuclei: Liquid, Solid, Charged - Explained
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Where can I find step-by-step calculus for QFT processes online?
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Photons associated with magnetic force
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If the higgs boson is discovered, what are the implications
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Spin Polarization and Momentum in Particle Decay
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Finding Rest Energy of Delta (0 charge & 0 strangeness)
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Theoretical value of sin(2\beta)
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Q&A: Understanding Quark Gluon Plasma
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How do I write a nuclear equation for the annihilation of a positron?
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Can a Particle at Rest Spontaneously Disintegrate into Multiple Particles?
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Why is uds->uud+danti-up an allowed hardron reaction?
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What Are the Latest Advancements in Particle Physics for Beginners?
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Understanding Radioactivity Half Lives and Their Mechanism
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Why Don't Light Nuclei Undergo Spontaneous Fission?
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Why is parity maximally violated in weak interactions?
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Interesting Particle Accelerator
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Quark Structure of Particles & Antiparticles: Rules & Order
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Can we accelerate particles to arbitrarily high energies?
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NAI(Thallium doped) Scintillator Calibration?
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Radiative Gluon/Photon: Tree Level vs. Higher Corrections
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Nuclear Shell Model - Spin-parity
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Gravitons and infinite regress.
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Help with a formula in Weinberg
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Is Nuclear Isomer Research Still Viable for Harnessing Energy?
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More generations of leptons and quarks
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Help with page 73 of Weinbergs QFT, vol.1
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QED Path Integrals: Weinberg QFT Book Explained
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Why Does Particle Emission Follow a Poisson Distro?
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Beta-Voltalics Output: Radiation & Silicon Requirements
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What is the significance of the kinetic term in a scalar field theory?
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GUTs: Understanding SU(5), SO(10) & E6
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Chiral anomaly, pion to photon decay
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Calculating Energy Released in Triplealpha Process
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Can GUTs Explain Yukawa Couplings?
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Is the Higgs Boson a force or just a manifestation of vacuum energy?
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Calculate Depth of Water & Shielding for X-Rays (10MeV)
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What Will the LHC Reveal About the Standard Model of Physics?
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Higgs Particles: Big Mass, Bigger Detection Challenge?
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S- and P-Wave Cross Section Explained
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Unravelling the Mysteries of the Strong Force
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Massless Particles: Can Photons Travel Faster than Light?
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Neutron Reaction: Calculating Total Cross Section
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Nuclear Shell Model: Explaining Nucleon Occupancy
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How Does the Existence of Sterile Neutrinos Impact Big Bang Nucleosynthesis?
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CP-Violation /Strong CP Problem
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Nuclear detonation in outer space
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Determining the Isotope Produced by U238 Decay
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How Does Layering Affect Beta Particle Penetration and Energy Loss?
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Does Gravity Affect Beta Particle Absorption in Aluminium Foils?
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What exactly is z-pinch fusion
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How Does Detector Resolution Affect the True Width of the J/psi Particle?
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Photon Splitting? Glynis Explores Possibilities
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