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How might the discovery of a subatomic particle with negative mass impact our understanding of fundamental physics, and what potential applications could arise from this revolutionary finding?

asked Jan 20, 2022 in Particle Physics by Pete Jones

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What are the limitations of our current methods for detecting dark matter particles? Why is it difficult to directly detect dark matter particles?

asked Jan 20, 2022 in Particle Physics by Dot99

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If I shoot high energy photons (which are massless) into space and then turned them there into particles with mass, would that break the energy conservation law as the massive particles would gain gravitational potential energy from nowhere?

asked Jan 19, 2022 in Particle Physics by QuantumSeeker

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How come that a photon is able to produce a small force on a solar sail or two plates opposing each other and the speed of the photon is not reduced and still the same?

asked Jan 18, 2022 in Particle Physics by Minotaur

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What is the proof that the inner density of the proton is determined by the energy of gluons?

asked Jan 18, 2022 in Particle Physics by StormyHorizon

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Maybe Alchemy wasn't that fake after all, if subatomic particles are basically the same for every element, theoretically isn't it possible to "turn water into wine"?

asked Jan 17, 2022 in Particle Physics by DomP182

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Is CERN trying a gateway to hell? If yes, how can we stop them?

asked Jan 16, 2022 in Particle Physics by summit22

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Is it correct to say that the electron field and the gluon field interact with each other via the electromagnetic field?

asked Jan 16, 2022 in Particle Physics by MysticHorizon

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How was the standard model developed?

asked Jan 16, 2022 in Particle Physics by Ad_g

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Does the existence of muonium suggest that it may be possible to store antimatter safely?

asked Jan 16, 2022 in Particle Physics by eddywatson

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Is Cherenkov radiation dangerous?

asked Jan 15, 2022 in Particle Physics by wolf13

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Is it possible that matter and antimatter repel each other rather than annihilate each other?

asked Jan 15, 2022 in Particle Physics by Robert Stroud (4.3k points)

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Light is composed of photons. Based on the discrete photon theory of light, a photon is a discrete bundle of electromagnetic energy. What is the explanation for this?

asked Jan 14, 2022 in Particle Physics by Rafell

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Do you think we will have an antimatter propulsion system in the next 20 years?

asked Jan 14, 2022 in Particle Physics by LuminousEcho

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What if one single Higgs particle was the Big Bang?

asked Jan 13, 2022 in Particle Physics by EmberTwilight

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Does the number of protons determine if something has either a negative or positive charge?

asked Jan 13, 2022 in Particle Physics by Emsy84 (3.1k points)

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According to modern physics, is it possible or impossible for a Planck volume to be occupied by a particle (or something, anything) that has a mass greater than a single Planck mass?

asked Jan 12, 2022 in Particle Physics by Bod1 (2.7k points)

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Why do some physicists insist virtual particles are just math while others say they’re real, citing the Casimir effect?

asked Jan 11, 2022 in Particle Physics by Tommy_Saxondale

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My teacher says that atoms are the smallest thing, but atoms are made of protons, neutrons, and electrons. Doesn't this mean that one of them would be smaller?

asked Jan 11, 2022 in Particle Physics by NovaDreamer (2.2k points)

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What is the significance of an electron spin for electronic configurations?

asked Jan 10, 2022 in Particle Physics by tetleyman

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