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2552: 398: 36: 1896:, is the most complicated interaction, mainly because of the way it varies with distance. The nuclear force is powerfully attractive between nucleons at distances of about 1 femtometre (fm, or 10 metres), but it rapidly decreases to insignificance at distances beyond about 2.5 fm. At distances less than 0.7 fm, the nuclear force becomes repulsive. This repulsive component is responsible for the physical size of nuclei, since the nucleons can come no closer than the force allows. 4055: 601: 1585: 4561: 251:, and forms the basis for electrical technology. Although the electromagnetic force is far stronger than gravity, it tends to cancel itself out within large objects, so over large (astronomical) distances gravity tends to be the dominant force, and is responsible for holding together the large scale structures in the universe, such as planets, stars, and galaxies. 1313: 2024:. They concluded that QCD was the complete theory of the strong interactions, correct at all distance scales. The discovery of asymptotic freedom led most physicists to accept QCD since it became clear that even the long-distance properties of the strong interactions could be consistent with experiment if the quarks are permanently 1996:
charge. Han and Nambu hypothesized that it might be associated with a force-carrying field. At that time, however, it was difficult to see how such a model could permanently confine quarks. Han and Nambu also assigned each quark color an integer electrical charge, so that the quarks were fractionally
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in one jug also repel those in the other with the same force. However, these repulsive forces are canceled by the attraction of the electrons in jug A with the nuclei in jug B and the attraction of the nuclei in jug A with the electrons in jug B, resulting in no net force. Electromagnetic forces are
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experimentally determined that this hypothesis was wrong under certain circumstances—neglecting the friction due to air resistance and buoyancy forces if an atmosphere is present (e.g. the case of a dropped air-filled balloon vs a water-filled balloon), all objects accelerate toward the Earth at the
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QCD is a theory of fractionally charged quarks interacting by means of 8 bosonic particles called gluons. The gluons also interact with each other, not just with the quarks, and at long distances the lines of force collimate into strings, loosely modeled by a linear potential, a constant attractive
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between the fermions, thereby changing their speed and direction. The exchange may also transport a charge between the fermions, changing the charges of the fermions in the process (e.g., turn them from one type of fermion to another). Since bosons carry one unit of angular momentum, the fermion's
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Gravitation is the most important of the four fundamental forces for astronomical objects over astronomical distances for two reasons. First, gravitation has an infinite effective range, like electromagnetism but unlike the strong and weak interactions. Second, gravity always attracts and never
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Even though electromagnetism is far stronger than gravitation, electrostatic attraction is not relevant for large celestial bodies, such as planets, stars, and galaxies, simply because such bodies contain equal numbers of protons and electrons and so have a net electric charge of zero. Nothing
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Both magnitude ("relative strength") and "range" of the associated potential, as given in the table, are meaningful only within a rather complex theoretical framework. The table below lists properties of a conceptual scheme that remains the subject of ongoing research.
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that break down and create separate interactions below some extremely high level of energy. GUTs are also expected to predict some of the relationships between constants of nature that the Standard Model treats as unrelated, as well as predicting
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published computer calculations based on the first principles of QCD, establishing, to a level of confidence tantamount to certainty, that QCD will confine quarks. Since then, QCD has been the established theory of strong interactions.
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cannot produce the enormous energies required to experimentally probe this. Devising a common theoretical framework that would explain the relation between the forces in a single theory is perhaps the greatest goal of today's
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force. In this way, the mathematical theory of QCD not only explains how quarks interact over short distances but also the string-like behavior, discovered by Chew and Frautschi, which they manifest over longer distances.
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is constant no matter how fast the observer is moving, showed that the theoretical result implied by Maxwell's equations has profound implications far beyond electromagnetism on the very nature of time and space.
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repels; in contrast, astronomical bodies tend toward a near-neutral net electric charge, such that the attraction to one type of charge and the repulsion from the opposite charge mostly cancel each other out.
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no fully Galilean-covariant theory of a coupled Schrödinger-Maxwell system (where the density and current of the Schrödinger field act as source of the nonrelativistic Maxwell field) is possible
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postulated space as an infinite and unalterable physical structure existing before, within, and around all objects while their states and relations unfold at a constant pace everywhere, thus
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The Standard Model of particle physics was developed throughout the latter half of the 20th century. In the Standard Model, the electromagnetic, strong, and weak interactions associate with
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Grand Unified Theories (GUTs) are proposals to show that the three fundamental interactions described by the Standard Model are all different manifestations of a single interaction with
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The gravitational and electromagnetic interactions produce long-range forces whose effects can be seen directly in everyday life. The strong and weak interactions produce forces at
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and weak interaction appear to be very different at everyday low energies. They can be modeled using two different theories. However, above unification energy, on the order of 100
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An overview of the various families of elementary and composite particles, and the theories describing their interactions. Fermions are on the left, and Bosons are on the right.
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Many theoretical physicists believe these fundamental forces to be related and to become unified into a single force at very high energies on a minuscule scale, the
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first proposed fractionally charged quarks in 1961. Throughout the 1960s, different authors considered theories similar to the modern fundamental theory of
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unified electricity and magnetism as effects of an electromagnetic field whose third consequence was light, travelling at constant speed in vacuum. If his
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Although general relativity has been experimentally confirmed (at least for weak fields, i.e. not black holes) on all but the smallest scales, there are
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proposed that the Han/Nambu color gauge field was the correct theory of the short-distance interactions of fractionally charged quarks. A little later,
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of total electron charge. Thus, if we place two such jugs a meter apart, the electrons in one of the jugs repel those in the other jug with a force of
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Theories of everything, which integrate GUTs with a quantum gravity theory face a greater barrier, because no quantum gravity theories, which include
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are the interactions that do not appear to be reducible to more basic interactions. There are four fundamental interactions known to exist in nature:
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were able to compute the properties of many low-lying hadrons directly from QCD, with only a few extra parameters to describe the vacuum. In 1980,
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by these fundamental interactions. Moreover, reducing the number of different interaction types is seen as desirable. Two cases in point are the
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by utilizing Max Planck's discovery that light was transmitted in 'quanta' of specific energy content based on the frequency, which we now call
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Numerous theoretical efforts have been made to systematize the existing four fundamental interactions on the model of electroweak unification.
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were originally mixed components of a different set of ancient pre-symmetry-breaking fields. As the early universe cooled, these fields
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Electromagnetism has an infinite range, as gravity does, but is vastly stronger. It is the force that binds electrons to atoms, and it
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After the nucleus was discovered in 1908, it was clear that a new force, today known as the nuclear force, was needed to overcome the
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implied there to be instant interaction among all objects. As conventionally interpreted, Newton's theory of motion modelled a
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theories, some particles acquire their masses only through supersymmetry breaking effects and these particles, known as
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tremendously stronger than gravity, but tend to cancel out so that for astronomical-scale bodies, gravity dominates.
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for the relative strengths of the electromagnetic, weak, and strong forces (this was, for example, verified at the
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ushered in the modern era of particle physics. Hundreds of hadrons were discovered from the 1940s to 1960s, and an
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The long range of gravitation makes it responsible for such large-scale phenomena as the structure of galaxies and
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grouped the heavier hadrons into families that could be understood as vibrational and rotational excitations of
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evolved. This is because shortly after the Big Bang, when the temperature was still above approximately 10 
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into the long-range electromagnetic interaction, the short-range weak interaction, and the Higgs boson. In the
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Electrical and magnetic phenomena have been observed since ancient times, but it was only in the 19th century
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filling space and transmitting that force. Faraday conjectured that ultimately, all forces unified into one.
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is the weakest of the four interactions at the atomic scale, where electromagnetic interactions dominate.
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discovered that electricity and magnetism are two aspects of the same fundamental interaction. By 1864,
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charged only on average, and they did not expect the quarks in their model to be permanently confined.
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predicted that it was associated with a massive force particle, whose mass is approximately 100 MeV.
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While each of these approaches offered insights, no approach led directly to a fundamental theory.
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as simple models for the interactions of quarks. The first to hypothesize the gluons of QCD were
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is an area of active research. It is hypothesized that gravitation is mediated by a massless
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In another work that departed from classical electro-magnetism, Einstein also explained the
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According to the present understanding, there are four fundamental interactions or forces:
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without a communicating medium. Thus Newton's theory violated the tradition, going back to
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The interaction of any pair of fermions in perturbation theory can then be modelled thus:
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For contributions to the unification of the weak and electromagnetic interaction between
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Conventionally, the Higgs interaction is not counted among the four fundamental forces.
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Gravitation was the first interaction to be described mathematically. In ancient times,
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constituting, as well as electrons orbiting, the atom's nucleus. Atoms interact, form
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Within the Standard Model, the strong interaction is carried by a particle called the
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had rigorously quantified this unified interaction. Maxwell's theory, restated using
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While all interactions are discussed, discussion is especially thorough on the weak.
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acting between charged particles at rest, and the combined effect of electric and
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hypothesized that objects of different masses fall at different rates. During the
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Each of the known fundamental interactions can be described mathematically as a
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view of the fundamental forces other than gravity is that particles of matter (
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for more exact strengths, depending on the particles and energies involved.
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Newton's absolute space was a medium, but not one transmitting gravitation.
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of hadrons as strongly interacting particles was developed. Most notably:
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This force is many times larger than the weight of the planet Earth. The
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forces acting between charged particles moving relative to each other.
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and the weak interaction into the electroweak interaction; see below.
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is inadequate to model some experimental observations (for instance
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masses and distances) description of gravitation in terms of the
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Some theories beyond the Standard Model include a hypothetical
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of underlying fields—interact with matter particles, called
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The force carriers of the weak interaction are the massive
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and atomic nuclei which holds atoms together, as well as
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and achieve quantum gravity (QG). One approach to QG is
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produces a weakly attractive fifth interaction. After
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in vacuum (customarily denoted with a lowercase letter
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might exist, but these hypotheses remain speculative.
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In a four kilogram (~1 gallon) jug of water, there is
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The electroweak theory is very important for modern
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The electromagnetic force, carried by the 2998:International Journal of Theoretical Physics 2445: 3361: 1121:and, being only attractive, it retards the 467:is atoms, composed of three fermion types: 3955: 3941: 3603: 3589: 3460: 3446: 2261:. Hence coupled particles can exchange a 1208: 568:(ToE). The most prevalent aim at a ToE is 3962: 3399: 3009: 2953: 2884: 2795: 2524:, and possibly to other modifications of 2382: 2378: 1569: 1530: 1514: 1472: 1446: 1410: 1371: 1330: 1156:of 1915, a more accurate (especially for 393:Standard Model (mathematical formulation) 168:, and their interactions are mediated by 80:Learn how and when to remove this message 3340: 3317: 1270:particles. This phenomenon includes the 1076:, and gluons mediate the interaction of 599: 596:Overview of the fundamental interactions 396: 207:that binds the latter particles to form 203:. As a residual effect, it creates the 43:This article includes a list of general 3386:(4th ed.), Cambridge Univ. Press, 3379: 3284: 2899: 921: 429:(QM). For predictive success with QM's 133:and govern nuclear interactions inside 14: 4579: 3801:Atomic, molecular, and optical physics 3307: 3271: 3124: 3065: 2654: 681:The exchange of bosons always carries 4380:Inverse beta decay (electron capture) 3936: 3584: 3441: 3097: 2847: 2020:, allowing them to make contact with 1877: 3167: 3152: 2055: 29: 3383:Introduction to High Energy Physics 2031:Assuming that quarks are confined, 1823: 1255: 584:—and so, strictly speaking, became 425:, whose behaviours are modelled in 315: 140:Some scientists hypothesize that a 24: 3412:NCP 5th Particle Physics Sypnoisis 3066:Krauss, Lawrence M. (2017-03-16). 2372: 2327: 2087:, Yukawa terms remain of the form 1704: 1646: 1563: 1532: 1483: 1474: 1448: 1421: 1412: 1388: 1376: 1348: 1335: 1196:alternatives to general relativity 1039:{\displaystyle {\frac {1}{r^{2}}}} 979:{\displaystyle {\frac {1}{r^{2}}}} 842: 836: 778:Long-distance behavior (potential) 405:of elementary particles, with the 215:, and also acts on the nucleus of 49:it lacks sufficient corresponding 25: 4603: 3198:"The Nobel Prize in Physics 1979" 3172:The Equations. Icons of knowledge 2730:"The Nobel Prize in Physics 1979" 2706:"The Nobel Prize in Physics 1979" 2682:"The Nobel Prize in Physics 1979" 2452:Physics beyond the Standard Model 2391: 2067:interaction nor generated by any 380: 27:Most basic type of physical force 4559: 4162:Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff limit 4053: 3312:, Johns Hopkins University Press 2550: 2476:Large Electron–Positron Collider 1792:. 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