The Standard Model

Question 1

Coined the term atomos meaning indivisible

Answer 1

Democritus

Question 2

Plum pudding model, and discovered electron

Answer 2

Thomson

Question 3

First standard model particle discovered

Answer 3

electron

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Planetary Model, and Gold foil experiment

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Rutherford

Question 5

Conclusion of Gold foil experiment

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There is a dense mass of positively charged particles nucleus at the center

Electrons orbit the nucleus

Similar to a solar system

Question 6

Modification of Neils Bohr

Answer 6

Electrons orbit the nucleus in orbits that have a set size and energy

Electrons have a fixed orbit and a fixed energy

Question 7

Answers the question “what is the smallest constituent of matter or the fundamental building block of matter”

Answer 7

Standard Model

Question 8

Smallest unit of any element in the periodic table

Answer 8

Atom

Question 9

Composed of 4.6% of the total matter in the known universe

Answer 9

Atom

Question 10

4 detectors

Answer 10

Atlas, Alice, CMS, LHCb

Question 11

Aims to unify the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics

Answer 11

Quantum Field Theory

Question 12

4 fundamental forces of nature

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o Strong nuclear force
o Weak nuclear force
o Electromagnetism
o Gravity

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Fundamental particles

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fermions and boson

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What are matter particles

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Fermions

Question 15

Force carriers

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Boson

Question 16

Does not interact with the strong nuclear force and observed on their own

Answer 16

Lepton

Question 17

Always seen in groups

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Quarks

Question 18

2 classification of quarks

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Baryons and Mesons (Hadrons)

Question 19

Composed of three quarks such as proton and neutron

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Baryons

Question 20

1 quark and 1 antiquark

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Mesons

Question 21

Collides the particles that are composed of quarks

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Hadron collider

Question 22

What mediates the strong nuclear force

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Gluons

Question 23

Mediates the weak nuclear force that is responsible for nuclear decay

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W and Z bosons

Question 24

Shows the interaction and reaction occurring on the collision or interaction between 2 or more particles

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Feynmann Diagram

Question 25

What carries the electromagnetic force

Answer 25

Photon

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Mediates gravitational force

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Graviton

Question 27

Explains the expansion of the universe after the big bang

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Inflaton

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The particle is the antiparticle of itself

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Majorana fermion

Question 29

Particles thought of to travel faster than the speed of light

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Tachyons

Question 30

What aims to unify the 3 fundamental forces of nature

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Grand Unified Theory

Question 31

God particle, and gives a particle its mass

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Higgs Boson

Question 32

Promised to unify all fundamental forces of the universe

Answer 32

String Theory