Particles refer to small discrete units of matter or energy. In physics, the term encompasses a broad range of entities, from subatomic components like electrons, protons, and neutrons to larger composite structures such as atoms and molecules. The study of particles is a fundamental aspect of various scientific fields, including particle physics, which primarily investigates the properties, interactions, and behavior of the most basic building blocks of matter. These elementary particles, including quarks, leptons, and bosons, are governed by quantum mechanics and interact through fundamental forces of nature: gravity, electromagnetism, strong nuclear, and weak nuclear forces. Additionally, in colloquial use, “particles” may also refer to tiny solid materials in the environment, such as dust, pollen, or particulate pollutants, which are significant in studies of air quality and environmental health.
Muon spectroscopy serves as a crucial experimental method for exploring the magnetic characteristics of materials. This technique involves embedding a spin-polarized muon within the crystal…
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Scientists from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and The Institute of Mathematical Science have predicted the existence of a dibaryon particle, built entirely from…
Scientists at Mainz University have discovered a method to evaluate highly complex Feynman integrals. What does the world look like at the smallest scales? This…
A new study at TU Wien has revealed how chaos theory connects quantum theory and thermodynamics, two seemingly separate areas of physics. A single particle…
Researchers at Vienna University of Technology have discovered why sometimes spectacular micro-explosions occur and other times ultra-thin layers of material remain almost intact when charged…
A new method for simulating quantum entanglement between interacting particles has been developed by physicists. Physicists are (temporarily) augmenting reality in order to crack the…
While working with SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source, a team of scientists showed that LCLS can drive a paradigm shift in imaging airborne particles, allowing…
MINOS scientists at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory revealed the world’s most precise measurement of the parameter called delta m squared, closing the measured gap…
While studying neutrino properties and searching for a mechanism called “neutrinoless double-beta decay,” scientists at the Enriched Xenon Observatory 200 found with the highest degree…
While using a technique to simultaneously blast and probe samples of graphite, scientists at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory saw ultrafast changes from solid to liquid…
Roughly four years after Fermi began studying gamma-rays, a soon-to-be-published study documents interesting findings. It turns out that the Crab Nebula and other individual point…
While using X-rays from the Swiss Light Source (SLS) fired at Sr2CuO3, physicists at the Paul Scherrer Institute observed an electron splitting into two new…
A new Italian experiment indicates that neutrinos stay within the speed of light. The findings were posted on arXiv.org as a preprint, and contradict rival…
Back in September, the revolutionary claim that the OPERA collaboration had measured neutrinos traveling at faster-than-light speed is now in doubt, as two possible sources…
In quantum mechanics, entanglement allows two or more particles separated in space to have the same physical properties, which are correlated. This means that if…
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are searching for the quantum state of matter called supersolidity. Now conducting research at ORNL’s Spallation Neutron Source, Hans…
The increase in solar activity has become quite obvious on Earth, thanks to the increase in auroras caused by geomagnetic storms, but while astronomers had…