Hidden worlds : hunting for quarks in ordinary matter /

"Though quarks that make science headlines are typically laboratory creations generated under extreme conditions, most quarks occur naturally. They reside in the protons and neutrons that make up almost all of the universe's known matter ... Smith explains what these quarks are, how they a...

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Autor principal: Smith, Timothy Paul, 1960- (Autor)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Princeton : Princeton University Press [2003]
Accés en línia:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv39x8cr
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Sumari:"Though quarks that make science headlines are typically laboratory creations generated under extreme conditions, most quarks occur naturally. They reside in the protons and neutrons that make up almost all of the universe's known matter ... Smith explains what these quarks are, how they act, and why physicists believe in them sight unseen."--Jacket
Descripció de l’ítem:Includes index.
Descripció física:1 online resource : illustrations
ISBN:9780691187242
069118724X
0691057737
9780691057736