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- In astrophysics, weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs, are hypothetical particles serving as one possible solution to the dark matter ...10 KB (1,576 words) - 23:22, 3 May 2023
- energy physics, because many elementary particles do not occur under normal ... of particle physics. The elementary particles are the ground of existence ...16 KB (2,386 words) - 08:56, 18 November 2022
- are a subset of hadrons, (which are particles made of quarks), and they ... by having greater mass than other particles. ==Basic properties== ...12 KB (1,691 words) - 11:02, 20 September 2023
- The electron is one of a class of subatomic particles called leptons ... Charged particles, monatomic ions and larger particles, arise from ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 15:57, 13 February 2024
- Electric charge is a fundamental, conserved property of some subatomic particles, such as electrons and protons. There are two opposite types ...14 KB (2,244 words) - 00:13, 13 February 2024
- The Standard Model of particle physics is a theory that describes three of the four known fundamental interactions between the elementary particles ...25 KB (3,578 words) - 16:25, 8 February 2023
- a wide assortment of objects, including particles, projectiles, spacecraft ... the nature of the bodies being described. Particles are bodies with little ...11 KB (1,457 words) - 03:51, 9 November 2022
- The nucleus of an atom is the very dense region at the center of the atom, consisting of particles known as protons and neutrons (collectively ...13 KB (1,903 words) - 06:57, 21 August 2023
- the extended gluon halo is as three dust particles are to New York City. ... 1918 Rutherford noticed that when alpha particles were shot into nitrogen ...10 KB (1,600 words) - 08:20, 2 December 2022
- of a very large number of identical particles, each of zero volume, uniformly ... where N_A is Avogadro's number (= 6.022 x 1023 particles per mole). ...9 KB (1,458 words) - 04:37, 18 April 2024
- and a variety of electrically charged particles. As the neutron is not ... As the power of the probes increased, a plethora of particles were ...19 KB (2,915 words) - 18:45, 23 March 2023
- protons and neutrons are examples of composite particles. Dozens of subatomic particles have been discovered. Most of them, ...20 KB (3,162 words) - 21:09, 26 February 2023
- In physics, a fundamental interaction or fundamental force is a mechanism by which particles interact with each other, and which cannot be explained ...16 KB (2,260 words) - 09:25, 18 October 2022
- The Van Allen radiation belt (or Van Allen belt) is a torus of energetic charged particles (plasma) around Earth, held in place by Earth's ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 14:17, 3 May 2023
- collision with a proton will cause both particles to be annihilated in a ... for matter to be created. A range of particles and antiparticles are formed ...8 KB (1,066 words) - 01:57, 9 January 2023
- In addition, the movement of subatomic particles also has wavelike properties ... or no permanent displacement of the particles of the medium. Rather, ...13 KB (2,010 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- to be composed of even smaller subatomic particles. Consisting of a positively ... Atoms are composed of three primary types of subatomic particles: ...13 KB (2,062 words) - 06:25, 21 August 2023
- In nuclear physics, beta decay is a type of radioactive decay involving the emission of beta particles. Beta particles are high-energy, high ...10 KB (1,458 words) - 17:45, 29 September 2023
- Electric charge is a characteristic of some subatomic particles, and ... In general, same-sign charged particles repel one another, while different ...13 KB (1,987 words) - 00:14, 13 February 2024
- air) and eventually deposited in a layer of solid particles. The process of deposition by settling of a suspended material is called sedimentation. ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 17:44, 25 January 2023
