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What would a teaspoon of pure electrons weight packed together so they were touching each other if that was possible?

asked Nov 11, 2022 in Particle Physics by Michael Hurley

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What are some examples of real-life applications of entangled particles (quantum physics)? What would be the impact on human beings if we could use it practically?

asked Nov 11, 2022 in Particle Physics by RipGroove

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What is the nature of quark-gluon plasma?

asked Nov 10, 2022 in Particle Physics by zak99

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If particles are non localized excitations how is it that any structures exist - for example metal etc. How about the photo of one electron suspended in electric fields?

asked Nov 10, 2022 in Particle Physics by Dale1995

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Can we say that light is a stream of particles?

asked Nov 10, 2022 in Particle Physics by LuminousSculptor

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What is the nature of dark matter, and how does it interact with the known forces and particles in the universe?

asked Nov 10, 2022 in Particle Physics by avstu

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Have quarks ever been isolated and physically detected in a particle accelerator or collider, i.e., freed up from other quarks that together with it make up a proton or a neutron?

asked Oct 20, 2022 in Particle Physics by RadiantNova

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What are the similarities and differences between tevatron and LHC?

asked Oct 19, 2022 in Particle Physics by definitiveplateau

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How can an expanding EM field form the particle structure of a photon?

asked Oct 19, 2022 in Particle Physics by Teuchter

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Do all elementary particles have mass? What about dark matter, does it have mass? If yes, then what is its total mass compared to other matter's total mass?

asked Oct 19, 2022 in Particle Physics by SolarisNova

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How did Rutherford deduce that electrons revolve around the nucleus?

asked Oct 19, 2022 in Particle Physics by LunarPulse

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What is the internal speed of light inside quarks?

asked Oct 19, 2022 in Particle Physics by rocketron (3.5k points)

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What is the definition of entanglement? Can particles become unentangled and independent again? If so, how can this be detected without destroying the particles?

asked Oct 17, 2022 in Particle Physics by tenuouswealth

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How can a particle be a wave and have position and momentum at the same time?

asked Oct 17, 2022 in Particle Physics by sparks06

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How much time are virtual particles expected to exist for? I know it's too small for us to measure, due to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, but has anyone attempted to calculate how long virtual particles exist?

asked Oct 16, 2022 in Particle Physics by SJS Building

+28 votes

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What do you think of philosophical atomism? Are we sure there are some subatomic particles that are indivisible? Are we still even certain substance exists at all?

asked Oct 16, 2022 in Particle Physics by slybacon

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What is the nature of dark matter and how does it interact with the known particles and forces in the universe?

asked Oct 16, 2022 in Particle Physics by screwfix.natalie

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How do we know that, after a wavefunction collapses, the particle wasn't already there?

asked Oct 15, 2022 in Particle Physics by Harrington1927

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What is an activity to show that particles of matter exist in 3 states?

asked Oct 15, 2022 in Particle Physics by conlan

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What is the difference between an electron, proton and neutron when it comes to their masses and charge? How can they exist with such different properties at the same time inside an atomic nucleus?

asked Oct 14, 2022 in Particle Physics by VelvetShadow

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