Thanks for these responses guys, this kind of thing you generally can't read about in regular literature! It's helping me understand a great deal more.
I'm a big fan of this concept :) I teach physics across the 11-18 age range which requires simple explanations. My students would never...
Thanks guys this helps a great deal.
When I say visualise I mean to imagine as a visual model. I'm just trying to get an idea of how you guys picture particles and interactions. Surely everyone doesn't think in maths?! :)
What does that mean?
thanks for the response, its very interesting.
I was not trying to make any scientific claims. While reading about particle physics I imagine models in my head and I want to reduce my misconceptions so I can understand things more fully. I am hoping to open a discussion to find out how the...
I'm struggling to keen my mind open when visualising fundamental particles. I've only been reading about quantum/particle physics for 3-4 years so I'm very much a beginner.
(if I remember rightly) Heisenberg liked to describe things in maths and Feynman preferred visual models, I'm swinging...
My first post - Hi everyone.
I've been reading about boson mass and speed for a couple of hours but I can't seem to find answers.
- What is the speed of the W boson during beta decay? If it has a huge mass shouldn't it be a lot slower than leptons?
- I assume the electron and...