Particle Physics

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All it takes to clear a classroom is two words: particle physics. Just the sound of the phrase scare many of the more advanced students. It is hard to believe that the field has made many contributions to our understanding of the Universe and its inner workings. Particle physics is an encompassing area of study that can have a researcher working on Higgs-Boson particles one day and interpreting data from the Large Hadron Collider the next.

The staff here at Universe Today would like to see particle physics be part of everyday conversation at the dinner table, so we have assembled a page full of links to articles on topics that are related to the field. At the same time, we realize that it can be dull to jump into a group of articles without a bit of information as to what can be found in them. To that end, here are a few interesting particle physics facts.

Since matter and antimatter annihilate each other in equal numbers(a ratio of 1:1), why isn’t there a tell-tale residual of antimatter or some antimatter in our Universe?

Protons and neutrons are not the most fundamental parts of an atom. Do you know what fundamental element both are made of?

One particle is thought to give mass to all objects in the Universe.

Research in multiple areas of particle physics have led to medical discoveries that are used to diagnose and treat some of the worst conditions that afflict humans. Cancer patients may not know anything about particle physics, but cancer survivors can thank its discoveries for the extension of their lives.

The fundamental particles of matter each have a different flavor. Do you know what these flavors are?

These are just a few tidbits of the information that you can find in the links below. There is enough there to hold your interest for quite a while. Hopefully, you will be able to find what you are looking for and, as always, enjoy your research.

• Standard Model
• Particle Accelerator
• Large Hadron Collider
• Quarks
• Neutrino
• Higgs Boson
• High Energy Physics
• Hadron Accelerator
• God Particle
• Antiproton
• CERN Accelerator
• Baryon
• Hadron
• Positron
• Anti Matter
• CERN Atlas
• CERN LHC
• Leptons
• CERN Collider
• CERN Experiment
• Big Bang Machine
• Beta Particles
• Antineutrino
• Cyclotron
• What is Quark?
• Atlas CERN
• Cloud Chamber
• Large Hadron Collider Danger
• Bubble Chamber
• CERN Particle Accelerator
• Boson
• Atom Smasher
• Annihilation
• Elementary Particles
• Graviton
• Gluons
• Particle Collider
• Fermi Energy
• Tachyon
• Synchrotron
• Muon
• Top Quark
• Tevatron