Chirality is a fundamental property of a particle; particles which differ in terms of chirality can be viewed as an entirely different type of particle. It refers to how a particle's quantum mechanical wave function …

Jan 11, 2012 · What exactly is $p_T$? Is it simply momentum, but with the component parallel to the main beam projected off? Also, why is $p_T$, as opposed to $p$, an important characteristic of a …

In that configuration, the only way to reduce the field energy is to bring the charges closer together, so there is a force in that direction, i.e., of each particle directly toward the other. The energy density of …

So that decaying particle has a decay constant which is the sum of the decay constants for all of the possible modes of decay. At the moment of decay the decaying particle chooses one particular mode …

I know classical physics, quantum mechanics, special relativity, and basic nuclear physics. I would like to get into some particle physics. Where can I find a good introduction? It might be usefu...

Mar 26, 2021 · For single-particle quantities the usual convention is to use lower-case letters and symbols. It's probably fair to say that term symbols are most commonly used in atomic physics, and …

Dec 31, 2023 · In nuclear physics, while studying gamma decay (Nuclear physics, Roy and Nigam, 1st ed, pp 450) I have read that the parity of photons depends on the type of multipole radiation they …

Sep 16, 2022 · See this answer which is somewhat technical (undergraduate-physics-major level). When you add quantum mechanics, you get particle-like behavior of the field, and each particle …

8 Particle physics has a set of elementary particles , some of which have zero mass. In this table the general public has heard of the electron and maybe the photon. The mass of the electron has been …

Particle physics is the study of the fundamental forces of nature as they are embodied in the interactions of elementary and composite particles at high energies and short time and distance scales.