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    quantity, from subatomic particles like the electron, to microscopic particles like atoms and molecules, to macroscopic particles like powders and other...
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    Particle physics or high-energy physics is the study of fundamental particles and forces that constitute matter and radiation. The field also studies...
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    In particle physics, an elementary particle or fundamental particle is a subatomic particle that is not composed of other particles. The Standard Model...
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  • Wave–particle duality is the concept in quantum mechanics that fundamental entities of the universe, like photons and electrons, exhibit particle or wave...
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    A beta particle, also called beta ray or beta radiation (symbol β), is a high-energy, high-speed electron or positron emitted by the radioactive decay...
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    physics, a subatomic particle is a particle smaller than an atom. According to the Standard Model of particle physics, a subatomic particle can be either a...
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    Higgs boson (redirect from Higgs particle)
    Higgs boson, sometimes called the Higgs particle, is an elementary particle in the Standard Model of particle physics produced by the quantum excitation...
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    Alpha particles, also called alpha rays or alpha radiation, consist of two protons and two neutrons bound together into a particle identical to a helium-4...
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  • Particle filters, also known as sequential Monte Carlo methods, are a set of Monte Carlo algorithms used to find approximate solutions for filtering problems...
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  • Particle density may refer to: Particle density (packed density), density of material that particles are composed of Particle density (particle count)...
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    A particle accelerator is a machine that uses electromagnetic fields to propel charged particles to very high speeds and energies to contain them in well-defined...
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    Measurements of quantum systems show characteristics of both particles and waves (wave–particle duality), and there are limits to how accurately the value...
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  • Look up particle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A particle in the physical sciences is a small localized object to which physical properties can...
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  • hypothesized microscopic particles in particle physics, condensed matter physics and cosmology. Elementary particles are particles with no measurable internal...
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    Electron (redirect from Beta minus particle)
    nuclear reactions) is a subatomic particle with a negative one elementary electric charge. It is a fundamental particle that comprises the ordinary matter...
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    Boson (redirect from Spin 1 particles)
    In particle physics, a boson (/ˈboʊzɒn/ /ˈboʊsɒn/) is a subatomic particle whose spin quantum number has an integer value (0, 1, 2, ...). Bosons form...
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  • A virtual particle is a theoretical transient particle that exhibits some of the characteristics of an ordinary particle, while having its existence limited...
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  • ParticleParticleParticle–Mesh (P3M) is a Fourier-based Ewald summation method to calculate potentials in N-body simulations. The potential could be the...
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  • The God Particle may refer to: Higgs boson, a particle in physics sometimes referred to, by non-phycicists, as the God particle The God Particle (book)...
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  • In physical theories, a test particle, or test charge, is an idealized model of an object whose physical properties (usually mass, charge, or size) are...
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    A point particle, ideal particle or point-like particle (often spelled pointlike particle) is an idealization of particles heavily used in physics. Its...
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    here dubbed particles, and moving these particles around in the search-space according to simple mathematical formulae over the particle's position and...
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    A linear particle accelerator (often shortened to linac) is a type of particle accelerator that accelerates charged subatomic particles or ions to a high...
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  • A particle beam is a stream of charged or neutral particles. In particle accelerators, these particles can move with a velocity close to the speed of light...
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  • In grammar, the term particle (abbreviated PTCL) has a traditional meaning, as a part of speech that cannot be inflected, and a modern meaning, as a function...
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  • Particle radiation is the radiation of energy by means of fast-moving subatomic particles. Particle radiation is referred to as a particle beam if the...
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    Fermion (redirect from Spin 1/2 particles)
    In particle physics, a fermion is a subatomic particle that follows Fermi–Dirac statistics. Fermions have a half-integer spin (spin ⁠1/2⁠, spin ⁠3/2⁠...
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    Neutrino (redirect from Ν particle)
    (/njuːˈtriːnoʊ/ new-TREE-noh; denoted by the Greek letter ν) is an elementary particle that interacts via the weak interaction and gravity. The neutrino is so...
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  • 320 EeV particle in 1991 (Oh-My-God particle), a 213 EeV particle in 1993 and a 280 EeV particle in 2001. This makes the Amaterasu particle the third...
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    Neutron (redirect from N particle)
    The neutron is a subatomic particle, symbol n or n0 , that has no electric charge, and a mass slightly greater than that of a proton. The neutron was discovered...
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