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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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Question about masses and particles(modern physics)

Apr 2, 2008 · Replies 2 · Apr 2, 2008

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Higgs fermion … the march is over … ?

Apr 1, 2008 · Replies 19 · Apr 2, 2008

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What quanta mediates the nuclear forces?

Mar 27, 2008 · Replies 18 · Apr 1, 2008

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Can neutrino detectors measure energy?

Mar 30, 2008 · Replies 3 · Apr 1, 2008

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What Distinguishes Left-Handed from Right-Handed Fermions?

Mar 29, 2008 · Replies 5 · Mar 30, 2008

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Time translation invariance and the vacuum state

Mar 30, 2008 · Replies 1 · Mar 30, 2008

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Understanding Proton Magnetic Moment: Resistance to Change & Acceleration

Mar 28, 2008 · Replies 7 · Mar 29, 2008

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Quark-Gluon Liquid: Searching the Primeval Universe

Mar 9, 2008 · Replies 2 · Mar 28, 2008

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On spontaneous symmetry breaking and Higgs’s mechanism of mass production

Mar 27, 2008 · Replies 12 · Mar 28, 2008

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Why Are Currents in Matrix Elements Confusing?

Mar 28, 2008 · Replies 1 · Mar 28, 2008

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Photon as electrical force carrier

Mar 27, 2008 · Replies 2 · Mar 27, 2008

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Why Do GUT Theories Only Use Left Spinors?

Mar 25, 2008 · Replies 3 · Mar 27, 2008

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What is charge? Why do fundamental particles possess it?

Mar 26, 2008 · Replies 8 · Mar 27, 2008

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Understanding Plasma Temperatures: Causes & Effects

Mar 25, 2008 · Replies 5 · Mar 26, 2008

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Are monopoles a problem for all gauge groups in GUT theories?

Mar 25, 2008 · Replies 2 · Mar 25, 2008

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Why Are Force Unification Scales Different in Physics?

Mar 25, 2008 · Replies 1 · Mar 25, 2008

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Thought experiment: Implosion reaction

Mar 25, 2008 · Replies 1 · Mar 25, 2008

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How Does the Neutrino Mass Matrix Connect to Up-Quark Masses?

Mar 23, 2008 · Replies 1 · Mar 24, 2008

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Can we add or remove a proton?

Mar 14, 2008 · Replies 11 · Mar 24, 2008

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What are Preons and How Do They Fit into the Standard Model?

May 26, 2005 · Replies 73 · Mar 22, 2008

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Annihilation and anti-matter interactions

Mar 21, 2008 · Replies 6 · Mar 22, 2008

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Where are the Higgs boson particles

Mar 17, 2008 · Replies 12 · Mar 21, 2008

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The difference between Compton and DeBroglie wavelengths?

Mar 20, 2008 · Replies 1 · Mar 20, 2008

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Gauge invariance and it's relation to gauge bosons

Mar 18, 2008 · Replies 6 · Mar 19, 2008

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Radiation Physics: Compton Effect & Hi Intensity Photons

Mar 18, 2008 · Replies 3 · Mar 19, 2008

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Help with Understanding D-T Fusion for Class Project

Mar 17, 2008 · Replies 11 · Mar 18, 2008

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Atomic Half Lives: Calculating Half Life of an Atom

Jan 17, 2008 · Replies 5 · Mar 17, 2008

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The Rest of the Yukawa's Theory

Dec 22, 2007 · Replies 25 · Mar 14, 2008

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Why Are Hadrons Heavier Than Their Quark Components?

Mar 13, 2008 · Replies 14 · Mar 14, 2008

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First Evidence of New Physics in b <-> s Transitions

Mar 6, 2008 · Replies 5 · Mar 14, 2008

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Radiotracer Decay - What's Left?

Feb 27, 2008 · Replies 4 · Mar 14, 2008

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Higgs field, mass and why particles cling to it?

Feb 27, 2008 · Replies 29 · Mar 12, 2008

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Unparticle physics is currently a very popular research area

Jan 30, 2008 · Replies 2 · Mar 11, 2008

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Who Introduced NCSM and When Was It Introduced?

Feb 27, 2008 · Replies 1 · Mar 9, 2008

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Quarks in a meson, antibaryon, baryon

Mar 8, 2008 · Replies 9 · Mar 9, 2008

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Inclusive, semi-exclusive and exclusive nuclear reaction

Mar 7, 2008 · Replies 3 · Mar 9, 2008

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Neutrino Oscillation: Learn About the Experiment

Mar 24, 2006 · Replies 49 · Mar 5, 2008

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How can I simplify this complex integration for regularization?

Feb 14, 2008 · Replies 9 · Mar 5, 2008

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The different lifetimes of W boson and Pion?

Mar 3, 2008 · Replies 13 · Mar 4, 2008

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Higgs Mechanism: Does it Give Mass to All Particles?

Mar 2, 2008 · Replies 12 · Mar 4, 2008

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Why do some heavy elements prefer beta decay over other forms of decay?

Mar 4, 2008 · Replies 1 · Mar 4, 2008

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Can a neutral pion decay to a neutrino and an anti-neutrino?

Feb 27, 2008 · Replies 19 · Mar 3, 2008

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Relativistic quantum mechanics

Mar 3, 2008 · Replies 6 · Mar 3, 2008

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How fun is particle physics research? (re:computation work)

Feb 24, 2008 · Replies 8 · Mar 3, 2008

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Gyromagnetic Ratio: Quarks, Gluons, Antiquarks

Mar 1, 2008 · Replies 5 · Mar 3, 2008

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Can Laser Fusion Revolutionize Energy Production?

Feb 28, 2008 · Replies 3 · Mar 1, 2008

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Resonant Plasma/New ICF method

Mar 1, 2008 · Replies 2 · Mar 1, 2008

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Dirac Equation and Spinor Field Transformations: Understanding the Basics

Feb 28, 2008 · Replies 3 · Mar 1, 2008

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Isotope Stability: Factors Explained

Feb 28, 2008 · Replies 4 · Feb 29, 2008

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Positron and anti-proton existence

Feb 29, 2008 · Replies 1 · Feb 29, 2008

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Understanding Z-Pinch Plasma Behavior for Hydrogen Ion Stream Compression

Feb 28, 2008 · Replies 1 · Feb 28, 2008

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Why Do Antimatter and Matter Annihilate When They Collide?

Feb 27, 2008 · Replies 8 · Feb 27, 2008

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Nuclear Chemistry: Explaining Binding Energy and Mass Defect

Feb 24, 2008 · Replies 3 · Feb 26, 2008

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How Can Neutrino Spin Be Measured Beyond Decay Processes?

Feb 23, 2008 · Replies 6 · Feb 25, 2008

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Do Weak Mediators Need to be Massive?

Feb 13, 2008 · Replies 10 · Feb 24, 2008

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Atomic Nuclei: Liquid, Solid, Charged - Explained

Feb 6, 2008 · Replies 3 · Feb 23, 2008

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Where can I find step-by-step calculus for QFT processes online?

Feb 20, 2008 · Replies 4 · Feb 22, 2008

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Photons associated with magnetic force

Feb 20, 2008 · Replies 4 · Feb 21, 2008

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If the higgs boson is discovered, what are the implications

Feb 19, 2008 · Replies 4 · Feb 21, 2008

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Spin Polarization and Momentum in Particle Decay

Feb 19, 2008 · Replies 5 · Feb 21, 2008

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Finding Rest Energy of Delta (0 charge & 0 strangeness)

Feb 19, 2008 · Replies 2 · Feb 19, 2008

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Theoretical value of sin(2\beta)

Feb 17, 2008 · Replies 1 · Feb 19, 2008

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Q&A: Understanding Quark Gluon Plasma

Feb 18, 2008 · Replies 5 · Feb 18, 2008

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How do I write a nuclear equation for the annihilation of a positron?

Feb 17, 2008 · Replies 2 · Feb 17, 2008

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Can a Particle at Rest Spontaneously Disintegrate into Multiple Particles?

Feb 15, 2008 · Replies 7 · Feb 17, 2008

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Why is uds->uud+danti-up an allowed hardron reaction?

Feb 17, 2008 · Replies 3 · Feb 17, 2008

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What Are the Latest Advancements in Particle Physics for Beginners?

Feb 16, 2008 · Replies 1 · Feb 16, 2008

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Understanding Radioactivity Half Lives and Their Mechanism

Feb 16, 2008 · Replies 3 · Feb 16, 2008

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Why Don't Light Nuclei Undergo Spontaneous Fission?

Feb 15, 2008 · Replies 2 · Feb 15, 2008

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Hi everybody I thought I'd introduce myself. I have been lurking

Feb 14, 2008 · Replies 3 · Feb 15, 2008

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Why is parity maximally violated in weak interactions?

Feb 13, 2008 · Replies 2 · Feb 13, 2008

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Interesting Particle Accelerator

Feb 13, 2008 · Replies 2 · Feb 13, 2008

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Quark Structure of Particles & Antiparticles: Rules & Order

Feb 6, 2008 · Replies 9 · Feb 13, 2008

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Can we accelerate particles to arbitrarily high energies?

Feb 11, 2008 · Replies 18 · Feb 13, 2008

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NAI(Thallium doped) Scintillator Calibration?

Feb 12, 2008 · Replies 2 · Feb 13, 2008

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Radiative Gluon/Photon: Tree Level vs. Higher Corrections

Feb 11, 2008 · Replies 2 · Feb 11, 2008

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Nuclear Shell Model - Spin-parity

Feb 10, 2008 · Replies 8 · Feb 11, 2008

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Gravitons and infinite regress.

Feb 8, 2008 · Replies 10 · Feb 11, 2008

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Help with a formula in Weinberg

Jan 25, 2008 · Replies 8 · Feb 9, 2008

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Is Nuclear Isomer Research Still Viable for Harnessing Energy?

Feb 7, 2008 · Replies 1 · Feb 8, 2008

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More generations of leptons and quarks

Jan 2, 2008 · Replies 17 · Feb 5, 2008

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Help with page 73 of Weinbergs QFT, vol.1

Feb 3, 2008 · Replies 2 · Feb 4, 2008

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QED Path Integrals: Weinberg QFT Book Explained

Jan 31, 2008 · Replies 7 · Feb 2, 2008

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Why Does Particle Emission Follow a Poisson Distro?

Feb 1, 2008 · Replies 4 · Feb 1, 2008

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Beta-Voltalics Output: Radiation & Silicon Requirements

Feb 1, 2008 · Replies 8 · Feb 1, 2008

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What is the significance of the kinetic term in a scalar field theory?

Jan 30, 2008 · Replies 4 · Feb 1, 2008

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GUTs: Understanding SU(5), SO(10) & E6

Jan 31, 2008 · Replies 2 · Feb 1, 2008

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Chiral anomaly, pion to photon decay

Jan 28, 2008 · Replies 2 · Jan 30, 2008

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Calculating Energy Released in Triplealpha Process

Jan 29, 2008 · Replies 7 · Jan 30, 2008

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Can GUTs Explain Yukawa Couplings?

Jan 27, 2008 · Replies 1 · Jan 28, 2008

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Is the Higgs Boson a force or just a manifestation of vacuum energy?

Jan 25, 2008 · Replies 1 · Jan 27, 2008

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Calculate Depth of Water & Shielding for X-Rays (10MeV)

Jan 26, 2008 · Replies 2 · Jan 26, 2008

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What Will the LHC Reveal About the Standard Model of Physics?

Jan 19, 2008 · Replies 29 · Jan 26, 2008

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Higgs Particles: Big Mass, Bigger Detection Challenge?

Jan 14, 2008 · Replies 19 · Jan 23, 2008

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S- and P-Wave Cross Section Explained

Jan 17, 2008 · Replies 2 · Jan 22, 2008

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Unravelling the Mysteries of the Strong Force

Jan 16, 2008 · Replies 7 · Jan 19, 2008

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Massless Particles: Can Photons Travel Faster than Light?

Jan 15, 2008 · Replies 8 · Jan 15, 2008

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Neutron Reaction: Calculating Total Cross Section

Jan 14, 2008 · Replies 3 · Jan 15, 2008

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Nuclear Shell Model: Explaining Nucleon Occupancy

Apr 17, 2006 · Replies 10 · Jan 15, 2008

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How Does the Existence of Sterile Neutrinos Impact Big Bang Nucleosynthesis?

Jan 11, 2008 · Replies 3 · Jan 11, 2008

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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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