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Ideas of Brian R. Martin, by Text
[British, fl. 2011, Former Professor of Physics, University College, London.]
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p.1
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21200
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An 'element' is what cannot be decomposed by chemistry
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p.11
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21201
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A 'field' is just a region to which points can be assigned in space and time
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p.13
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21202
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The strong force has a considerably greater range than the weak force
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p.14
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21203
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Uncertainty allows very brief violations of energy conservation - even shorter with higher energies
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p.16
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21204
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The standard model combines theories of strong interaction, and electromagnetic and weak interaction
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p.18
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21205
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Many physicists believe particles have further structure, if only we could see it
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p.27
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21206
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The properties of a particle are determined by its quantum numbers and its mass
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p.29
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21208
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Eletrons don't literally 'spin', because they are point-like
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p.29
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21207
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The Exclusion Principle says no two fermions occupy the same state, with the same numbers
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p.91
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21209
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Electron emit and reabsorb photons, which create and reabsorb virtual electrons and positrons
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p.96
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21210
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Virtual particles surround any charged particle
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p.103
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21211
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If an expected reaction does not occur, that implies a conservation law
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p.148
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21212
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The Higgs field, unlike others, has a nozero value in a state without particles
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p.159
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21213
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String theory only has one free parameter (tension) - unlike the standard model with 19
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