A post for general readers who’ve heard of quarks; if you haven’t, you might find this article useful: Yesterday I showed you that the usual argument that determines the electric charge…| Of Particular Significance
For readers who want to dig deeper; this is the second post of two, so you should read the previous one if you haven’t already. (Readers who would rather avoid the math may prefer this post.)…| Of Particular Significance
For non-expert readers who want to dig a bit deeper. This is the first post of two, the second of which is here. In my last post I described, for the general reader and without using anything more …| Of Particular Significance
For readers who want to go a bit deeper into details (though I suggest you read last week’s posts for general readers first [post 1, post 2]): Last week, using just addition and subtraction o…| Of Particular Significance
Predictions of the Standard Model of particle physics, improved by accounting for two key details, are shown to agree in detail with data| Of Particular Significance
Its 50 years since the discovery that a quantum field theory, now known as #QCD, explains the strong nuclear force. Its key property, still lacking a definitive proof, is known as "#confinement''.| Of Particular Significance
A post for general readers: Within the Standard Model, the quarks (and anti-quarks) are my favorite particles, because they are so interesting and so diverse. Physicists often say, in their whimsic…| Of Particular Significance