Recent content by Marshall2389

What’s a U(1)? Just kidding. Thank you for the clear answer.

Alright, that's what 'feel' means. That makes sense. I can't really make sense of how these bosons are vibrations in their respective fields but some are and some aren't affected by the forces arising from that field. Do you recommend any particular introduction to quantum mechanics textbook...

I've attached a picture of a table in Sean Carroll's The Particle at the End of the Universe. It says that photons don't "feel" electromagnetism, but gluons feel the strong force, the W and Z bosons feel the weak force, and gravitons feel gravitation. How is this so? (I have no formal quantum...

I was hoping to find out if the positrons that he saw annihilated at the end of their track. If so, do they release much radiation? Have people tried to measure this radiation? I’ve been reading around the forum a bit and haven’t found an answer.