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davetoo rated 23 months ago
From the page: "Particles transmit forces among each other by exchanging force-carrying particles called bosons. These force mediators carry discrete amounts of energy, called quanta, from one particle to another. You could think of the energy transfer due to boson exchange as something like th...

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davetoo rated 23 months ago
From the page: "Particles transmit forces among each other by exchanging force-carrying particles called bosons. These force mediators carry discrete amounts of energy, called quanta, from one particle to another. You could think of the energy transfer due to boson exchange as something like the passing of a basketball between two players." For some reason, (I am no quantum mechanic), this reminds me of something that happens through electricity (on a much larger scale than quarks or strings) all the time here. Alternating Current. I would really like to see what quantum mechanics and string theory can bring up here. This kind of stuff is very interesting.