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Particle physics is the study of the fundamental forces of nature as they are embodied in the interactions of elementary and composite particles at high energies and short time and distance scales. DO NOT USE THIS TAG for point particles in classical mechanics.
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Virtual photons, what makes them virtual?
The wikipedia page "Force Carrier" says:
The electromagnetic force can be described by the exchange of virtual photons.
The virtual photon thing baffles me a little. I get that virtual particles …
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Can particle physics be represented as an algebra?
Possibly the most useful thing anyone could tell me about particle physics:
Naively, one could try and make an algebra by enumerating all the types of particles and defining equivalence relationships …
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