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What would happen if we were to increase a particle’s rest-mass?

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Did the Higgs field exist before the Big Bang?

asked Apr 20, 2023 in Particle Physics by Addrian

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Can something be both a particle and a wave at the same time, like an electron or other subatomic particles? If yes, how does it happen physically?

asked Apr 20, 2023 in Particle Physics by Gaz_2020

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What are all the possible combinations of quantum spin?

asked Apr 20, 2023 in Particle Physics by CrystalFrost

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Do plane E&M waves have discrete energy levels? A photon can have any frequency & via E=hf any energy. Quantization only occurs at emission & absorption when only one photons worth of energy will be emitted or absorbed. Not like harmonic oscillators.

asked Apr 19, 2023 in Particle Physics by 602 Trooper

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If there is no God, where did particles come from?

asked Apr 19, 2023 in Particle Physics by Just checking!

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According to an experiment of Imperial College London recently published in Nature, photons showed wave behavior in the double slit of time. Does this mean that some part of the wave may arrive ahead of the photon in the photon's direction of travel?

asked Apr 19, 2023 in Particle Physics by James88

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What is the connection between a particle's mass and spin?

asked Apr 19, 2023 in Particle Physics by Speedy23

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Are gravitons separate particles or is gravity just a property of matter?

asked Apr 19, 2023 in Particle Physics by Lydia On Lydia

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What is a mean photon number, and how can the mean signal photon number be <1? I'm confused as to how a mean photons value is less than one.

asked Apr 19, 2023 in Particle Physics by Richardo

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Could there be a particle with both electric and magnetic charges (monopole)?

asked Apr 19, 2023 in Particle Physics by SykesIT

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In beta minus decay, a neutron decays into a proton, an electron, and a neutrino. In reverse, when a neutron star forms, where are neutrinos coming from?

asked Apr 18, 2023 in Particle Physics by JUK

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Is it possible that a singularity is made out of antimatter and that’s why when matter enters annihilation occurs?

asked Apr 18, 2023 in Particle Physics by Rory Enright

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Does radioactive decay reduce an object's mass?

asked Apr 18, 2023 in Particle Physics by verynewtothis

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What is "God particle" in easy language?

asked Apr 18, 2023 in Particle Physics by Dan Clifton

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As something (eg photon) travels closer to light speed, it experiences time dilation. From the photons perspective, it travels instantaneously. Does this not mean that the photon feels as though it is traveling faster than speed of light?

asked Apr 18, 2023 in Particle Physics by wildcat2514

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What is the nature of the strong force that binds quarks together in nuclei?

asked Apr 18, 2023 in Particle Physics by SolarisDreamer

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How do we prove that heat is vibration of an object particle?

asked Apr 17, 2023 in Particle Physics by shotpick

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Given a pair of quantum-entangled particles, one on Mars and another on Earth, how long does it take to transfer information between particles?

asked Apr 17, 2023 in Particle Physics by Samer9988

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Why is the binding energy per nucleon of Strontium-90 higher than that of Yttrium-90? (Strontium-90 is the parent and decays to Yttrium-90 the daughter. According to verified data sources BEPN Sr-90 = 8.6959 MeV BEPN Y-90 = 8.693272 Me)

asked Apr 17, 2023 in Particle Physics by FermSupporter

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