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One of the four main forces, this is the nuclear force relating to radioactivity and particles of spin ½, which means they look the same only after two turns.
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Chapter 5
The third force is the weak nuclear force . It creates radioactivity and acts on matter particles, but not force-carrying ones. Abdus Salam...
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...at some high energy, the strong nuclear force would be weakened, and the electromagnetic and weak nuclear force would strengthen, so that all three would be equal. In this theory, they could thus...
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In 1956, Tsung-Dao Lee and Chen Ning Yang found the weak nuclear force does not obey symmetry P. This was proven true by Chien-Shiung Wu, who caused radioactive...
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The weak nuclear force also does not obey the symmetry C, meaning it would cause a universe of anti-particles...
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Chapter 8
...inflationary idea states that while expanding rapidly, particles had enough energy for the strong and weak nuclear forces and electromagnetic force to be unified in a single force. As the universe cooled, these...
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...does eventually freeze, so would the symmetry eventually break between the strong nuclear force, the weak nuclear force , and the electromagnetic force. This would bring the universe back to the slower rate...
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