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Physics

The Search for Higgs Boson: The LEP Era

March 16, 2023

With the discovery of W and Z bosons, much of electroweak theory had been confirmed. In 1991, the CERN laboratory turned on a much bigger accelerator, called LEP, to look for Higgs boson. […]

Illustration of structure of an atom as a result of experiments in hadronic collider.
Physics

Higgs Field and the Search for W and Z Bosons

March 14, 2023

Modern electroweak theory predicted that there should be a massless photon, a massive neutral particle called Z boson, two massive electrically charged particles called W bosons, and a massive and neutral particle called Higgs boson. […]

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Physics

Higgs Boson and the Higgs Field

March 14, 2023

Electromagnetism and weak nuclear force were unified into a combined force called the electroweak force. The electroweak unification predicted four particles that carried the electroweak force and had zero mass. […]

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Physics

Can We Make a Subatomic Black Hole?

March 8, 2023

The fears regarding subatomic black holes are not founded. Physicists like Stephen Hawking believe that even if subatomic black holes are real, they evaporate away before becoming dangerous. […]

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Physics

Are Particle Accelerators Really Dangerous?

March 8, 2023

Though they are certain worries vis-à-vis the particle accelerators, they are not backed by science. One of the concerns is that large accelerators might make subatomic particles, called ‘strangelets’. […]

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Chemistry

What Makes Nuclear Fusion Work?

December 23, 2022

Nuclear fusion is an astronomically powerful source of energy. If harnessed, it could prove unimaginably useful for humanity’s purposes. How does nuclear fusion make energy? […]

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Physics

What Is the Planck Spectrum?

December 21, 2022

0.6 microns is the most popular wavelength to have in sunlight. When we measure the flux density of the Sun, as a function of wavelength, we find it’s a pretty good fit to a theoretical Planck spectrum. […]

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Physics

Comparing Particles and Photons

December 21, 2022

Photons and particles have different properties. Photons sail right through each other and don’t collide. Also, they appear out of nowhere whenever a charged particle accelerates, while a particle can’t spontaneously appear or vanish. […]

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Physics

The Characteristics of Particles

December 20, 2022

When some particles are put in a sealed box and energy is injected into it, after a while their positions and velocities will become randomized and they will share the total energy more-or-less equally. […]

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