A subatomic particle is a particle smaller than an atom: it may be elementary or composite. Particle physics and nuclear physics concern themselves with the study of these particles, their interactions, and matter made up of them which do not aggregate into atoms. These particles include atomic constituents such as electrons, protons, and neutrons (protons and neutrons are actually composite particles, made up of quarks), as well as other particles such as photons and neutrinos which are produced copiously in the sun. However, ...

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subatomic: Of the inner parts of atoms; anything smaller than an atom.

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This very, very exciting article actually gives a scientific theory behind many spiritual viewpoints and spiritual experiences, including enlightenment and the perception of oneness encountered by many people that have had strong spiritual experiences.

It all started 1982 at the University of Paris. A research team led by physicist Alain Aspect performed what may turn out to be one of the most important experiments of the 20th century. Aspect and his team discovered that under certain circumstances subatomic particles such as electrons are able to instantaneously communicate with each other regardless of the distance separating them. After this, it didn’t take long before the idea of a holographic universe was created. But the implications of this are truly mind boggling…

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An atom (Greek άτομον from ά: non and τομον: divisible) is a submicroscopic structure found in all ordinary matter. It is the smallest unit of an element to retain all the chemical properties of that element. The word atom originally meant a smallest possible particle of matter, not further divisible. Later, the objects that had been called atoms were found to be further divisible into smaller subatomic particles, but the word a ...

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• Atom - Elements isotopes and ions
• Atom - Valence and bonding
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• Atom - Atoms and antimatter
• Atom - Atoms and the Big Bang
• Atom - History of atomic theory
• Atom - Study of atoms

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The word quantum, pl. "quanta", comes from the Latin "quantus", for "how much". In general, it refers to an "amount of something". But, the term is often used in the more specific sense which it has in physics, where a quantum refers to an indivisible, and perhaps elementary entity. For instance, a "light quantum", being a unit of light (that is, a photon). In combinations like "quantum mechanics", "quantum optics", etc., it di ...

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Corpuscle is J.J. Thomson's term for a subatomic particle similar to the electron. He proposed this term in a paper called 'On the Number of Corpuscles in an Atom', published in Philosophical Magazine in June 1906. Other related archivesJ.J. Thomson's, electron

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Annihilation is defined as "total destruction" or "complete obliteration" of a particular object. Annihilation of an atomic or subatomic particle, occurs when such a particle collides with its respective antiparticle. If a particle and its respective antiparticle are both tuned to the appropriate quantum states, then they annihilate each other and their "destruction" yields other particles; usually into particles elementary of other particles. Nothing can ever be "annihilated" physically, as stipulated by its definition, as ...

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Charm can have the following meanings: In paranormal magic: An amulet or talisman A spell; when a charm is a spell, it is usually traditional in form and often in verse. See also: hoodoo, pow-wow (folk magic), vodun, knocking on wood. Similar to blessing, the infusion of something with holiness, divine will, or one's hopes Charmer, a practitioner of folk magic In quantum physics: Charm quark, a subatomic particle Charm (quantum n ...

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Bottom can refer to: the Buttocks Bottom (sex) Bottom (BDSM) Bottom (band) Nick Bottom, a character from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Bottom (television), a British sitcom The bottom quark, a subatomic particle Bottom element, in lattice theory and related branches of mathematics Other related archivesBottom (BDSM), Bottom (sex), Bottom (television), Bottom element, Buttocks, Nick Botto

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The number centillion refers to different quantities based on locality of usage. The number itself has no real usage outside of mathematics. The total number of atoms (or even subatomic particles) in the entire universe does not even come near to either definition of a centillion. Centillion - North American system. In Canadian and U.S. usage, one centillion is 10303. While Britain, Australia and New Zealand traditionally employed the European usage, they have recently largely swit ...

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Psi has multiple meanings: Psi (letter) (Ψ, ψ) of the Greek alphabet Psi (Cyrillic) (Ѱ, ѱ), letter of the early Cyrillic alphabet, adopted from Greek Psi (instant messenger), the popular Jabber client program J/ψ particle, a subatomic particle Schrödinger equation in quantum mechanics, ψ Ψ in mathematics is the angle between the tangent and the x-axis in the intrinsic coordinates system Psi denotes the unknown factor in parapsychology, usually referring to psychic or psionic powers Psi, a character in the ...

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In particle physics, the baryons are a family of subatomic particles including the proton and the neutron (collectively called nucleons), as well as a number of unstable, heavier particles (called hyperons). The term "baryon" is derived from the Greek barys, meaning "heavy," as they are heavier than the other main groups of particles. Baryons are strongly interacting fermions — that is, they experience the strong nuclear force and are described by Fermi-Dirac statistics, which apply to all particles obeying the Pauli exclusion principle. This is in contrast to the boson ...

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Val Logsdon Fitch (born March 10, 1923) is an American nuclear physicist. A native of Merriman, Nebraska, he graduated from McGill University with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1948 and was awarded a Ph.D. in physics by Columbia University in 1954. Fitch and co-researcher James Watson Cronin were awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics for a 1964 experiment that proved that certain subatomic reactions do not adhere to fundamental symmetry principles. Specifically, they proved, by examining the decay of K-meso ...

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Radioactive decay is the set of various processes by which unstable atomic nuclei (nuclides) emit subatomic particles (radiation). Decay is said to occur in the parent nucleus and produces a daughter nucleus. This is a random process, i.e. it is impossible to predict the decay of individual atoms. The SI unit for measuring radioactive decay is the becquerel (Bq). If a quantity of radioactive material produces one decay event per second, it has an activity of one Bq. Since any reasonably-sized sample of radioactive ...

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Computational chemistry is a branch of theoretical chemistry whose major goals are to create efficient mathematical approximations and computer programs that calculate the properties of molecules (such as total energy, dipole and quadrupole moment, vibrational frequencies, reactivity and other diverse spectroscopic quantitities and cross sections for collision of molecules with diverse atomic or subatomic projectiles) and to apply these programs to concrete chemical objects. The term is also sometimes used to cover the areas of overla ...

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Quantum mechanics is a fundamental physical theory that replaces Newtonian mechanics and classical electromagnetism at the atomic and subatomic levels and is the underlying framework of many fields of physics and chemistry, including condensed matter physics, quantum chemistry, and particle physics. Along with general relativity, it is one of the pillars of modern physics. Quantum mechanics - Introduction. The term quantum (Latin, "how much") refers to the discrete units that the theory assign ...

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Quantum mechanics is a physical science dealing with the behaviour of matter and electromagnetic waves on the scale of atoms and subatomic particles. Since all matter is made of atoms, quantum mechanics is also important in understanding how large objects such as stars and galaxies and even the Big Bang can be analyzed and explained. Quantum mechanical departures from classical physics are most often encountered at small length scales, very low or very high energies, or extremely low temperatures. Quantum mechanics is the basis of mod ...

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The study of electrochemistry led G. Johnstone Stoney to postulate the existence of the electron (denoted e-) in 1874 as a constituent of the atom. It was observed in 1897 by J. J. Thomson. Subsequent speculation about the structure of atoms was severely constrained by the 1907 experiment of Ernest Rutherford which showed that the atom was mostly empty space, and almost all its mass was concentrated into the (relatively) tiny atomic nucleus. The development of the quantum theory led to the understanding of chemistry in term ...

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Modern particle physics research is focused on subatomic particles, which have less structure than atoms. These include atomic constituents such as electrons, protons, and neutrons (protons and neutrons are actually composite particles, made up of quarks), particles produced by radiative and scattering processes, such as photons, neutrinos, and muons, as well as a wide range of exotic particles. Strictly speaking, the term particle is something of a misnomer. The objects studied by particle physics obey the principles of quantu ...

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