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Are W & Z bosons virtual or not?
W and Z bosons are observed/discovered. But as force carrying bosons they should be virtual particles, unobservable? And also they require to have mass, but if they are virtual they may be off-shell, ...
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Is all matter made of virtual particles?
This article in New Scientist says that all matter is actually virtual particles popping in and out of existence and nothing more. is this correct?
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What really goes on in a vacuum?
I've been told that a vacuum isn't actually empty space, rather that it consists of antiparticle pairs spontaneously materialising then quickly annihilating, which leads me to a few questions.
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Is it possible that the Big Bang was caused by virtual particle creation?
As far as I understand, it is understood that throughout the universe there exists, what is known as, a quantum field from which, due to its fluctuations, temporary (pairs of) virtual particles ...
