Physics Questions People Ask Fermilab
Over the years, people have sent questions to Fermilab on subjects from why the sky is blue to the speed limit of the universe. Here are a selection of the most interesting questions and informative answers. If you have a question for Fermilab, email us. When submitting a question, please provide your age or profession. It helps our scientists to write a better response. Due to the volume of questions we receive, we give priority to questions related to research at Fermilab. If you are a teacher or student, please check the Newton Web site maintained by Argonne National Laboratory.
- Particles and their properties
Quarks, leptons and bosons, spin and mass, antimatter - Forces and interactions
Strong, weak, electromagnetic and gravitational, particle-wave dualism - Particle theories
Quantum fields, superstrings and all that - Accelerators
Bringing particles to almost the speed of light - Particle detectors
Capturing the tracks of particles - Physics of the universe
From the big bang to black holes, extra dimensions, space and time - Special and general relativity
Physics at the speed of light - General physics
From very cold to very hot – and everything in between
For more information you may also want to visit the Experts' Archive at http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_directory.cfm
- Last modified
- 04/28/2014
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