Particle

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particle : any of the basic units of matter and energy (such as a molecule, atom, proton, electron, or photon) — See also OneLook

Thesaurus

Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords

Encyclopedia

Particle is a small localized object to which can be ascribed several physical or chemical properties such as volume, density or mass. They vary greatly in size or quantity, from subatomic particles like the electron, to microscopic particles like atoms and molecules, to macroscopic particles like powders and other granular materials. Particles can also be used to create scientific models of even larger objects depending on their density, such as humans moving in a crowd or celestial bodies in motion. — Wikipedia

Particle (Encyclopædia Britannica)

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Inspiration

Talks about Particle Physics (TED: Ideas Worth Spreading)
Articles about Particle Physics (Big Think)

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Innovation

Science

Particle physics (also high energy physics) is the branch of physics that studies the nature of the particles that constitute matter and radiation. Although the word particle can refer to various types of very small objects (e.g. protons, gas particles, or even household dust), particle physics usually investigates the irreducibly smallest detectable particles and the fundamental interactions necessary to explain their behavior. By our current understanding, these elementary particles are excitations of the quantum fields that also govern their interactions. The currently dominant theory explaining these fundamental particles and fields, along with their dynamics, is called the Standard Model. — Wikipedia

Particle Physics (Encyclopædia Britannica)

Particle Physics (Eric Weisstein’s World of Physics, Wolfram Research)
Particle Physics (Wolfram Alpha)

Standard Model of particle physics describes three of the four known fundamental forces (electromagnetic, weak and strong interactions, omitting gravity) in the universe and classifying all known elementary particles. It was developed in stages throughout the latter half of the 20th century, through the work of many scientists worldwide, with the current formulation being finalized in the mid-1970s upon experimental confirmation of the existence of quarks. Since then, proof of the top quark (1995), the tau neutrino (2000), and the Higgs boson (2012) have added further credence to the Standard Model. In addition, the Standard Model has predicted various properties of weak neutral currents and the W and Z bosons with great accuracy. — Wikipedia

Accepted Physics (Fermilab, YouTube Playlist)

Commerce

Entrepreneurship

Particle Physics Campaigns (Kickstarter)

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Preservation

History

The Standard Model (CERN)

Modern View, Standard Model Timeline (The Particle Adventure)

Library

DDC: 539.72 Particle Physics (Library Thing)

Subject: Particle Physics (Open Library)

LCC: QC 793 Particle Physics (UPenn Online Books)

LCC: QC 793 Particle Physics (Library of Congress)
Subject: Particle Physics (Library of Congress)

Subject: Particle Physics (WorldCat)

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Participation

Government

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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (Official Site)
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (YouTube Channel)
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (Encyclopædia Britannica)
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (Wikipedia)

Fermilab (Official Site)
Fermilab (YouTube Channel)
Fermilab (Encyclopædia Britannica)
Fermilab (Wikipedia)

Document

Particle Physics (USA.gov)

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Expression

A Capella Science (Official site)
A Capella Science (YouTube Channel)
Tim Blais (Wikipedia)

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Related

Here are links to pages about closely related subjects.

Knowledge Realm

Physical

“Fundamentals”
Law (Constant) Relativity
Force Gravity, Electromagnetism (Light, Color)
Matter (Microscope) Molecule, Atom (Periodic Table), Particle

“Space”
Universe (Astronomical Instrument)
Galaxy Milky Way, Andromeda
Planetary System Star, Brown Dwarf, Planet, Moon

Our Neighborhood
Solar System Sun
Terrestrial Planet Mercury, Venus, Earth (Moon), Mars
Asteroid Belt Ceres, Vesta
Jovian Planet Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Trans-Neptunian Object
Kuiper Belt Pluto, Haumea, Makemake
Scattered Disc Eris, Sedna, Planet X
Oort Cloud Etc. Scholz’s Star
Small Body Comet, Centaur, Asteroid

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Notes

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