Force Carrying Particles

[Neurocomp2003]

Does anyone know where i can find anything about the

FCPs

 

especially the quantity of each 4 in an atom or gravitational system.

 

Also does anyone know of any large scale experiments to detect lots of them

[JaKiri]

Looking at a light would be a good way to detect lots of photons.

[Radical Edward]

CERN and so on might be a good example too. most of these would not be photons though, mostly the strong and weak force carriers

[Tom Mattson]

Neurocomp2003 said in post # :

Does anyone know where i can find anything about the

FCPs

 

A good place to start would be The Particle Adventure. Thumb through it until you get to "The Standard Model", and start paying attention there.

 

especially the quantity of each 4 in an atom or gravitational system.

 

This would be an impossible question to answer.

 

Also does anyone know of any large scale experiments to detect lots of them

 

Force carrying particles cannot be detected. Their existence is inferred from their effects (collisions, annihilations, and decays).

[JaKiri]

Tom said in post # :

Force carrying particles cannot be detected. Their existence is inferred from their effects (collisions, annihilations, and decays).

 

That's a nonsensical statement, because by definition the only way we can sense anything is through the force carriers, and therefore you're denying that the word 'detection' has any meaning.

[YT2095]

"Also does anyone know of any large scale experiments to detect lots of them"

 

Sure, the seti radio telescopes or that really huge one dug into valley.

the Solar heater array in the USA. all these are MONDO LARGE scale detection and users of FCPs

[Tom Mattson]

Tom: Force carrying particles cannot be detected. Their existence is inferred from their effects (collisions, annihilations, and decays).

 

MrL_JaKiri: That's a nonsensical statement, because by definition the only way we can sense anything is through the force carriers, and therefore you're denying that the word 'detection' has any meaning.

 

Not at all.

 

Real photons are detected all the time, be it with a photographic plate or a photoelectric cell or. It is quite impossible to detect virtual photons in that way.

[Tom Mattson]

YT2095 said in post # :

"Also does anyone know of any large scale experiments to detect lots of them"

 

Sure, the seti radio telescopes or that really huge one dug into valley.

the Solar heater array in the USA. all these are MONDO LARGE scale detection and users of FCPs

 

In what experiment has, for instance, a photon with a nonzero invariant mass ever been detected?

[Neurocomp2003]

"the particle adventure" is to basic...i went through it in 2-3 hours.

i need something more complex. I've been trying to find papers.

esp. on xxx.lanl.gov.

[Tom Mattson]

Neurocomp2003 said in post # :

"the particle adventure" is to basic...i went through it in 2-3 hours.

i need something more complex. I've been trying to find papers.

esp. on xxx.lanl.gov.

 

How about this one?

 

Standard Model: An Introduction