The Standard Model is the name given to the current theory of fundamental particles and how they interact. So thats just wraps up the Standard Model, so lets move onto the next subject... Wait, I hear you say, so there is nothing else I need to know about the Standard Model- Ive actually learnt all about it in that one sentence? To this question I have no answer (only a big grin and a prolonged bout of laughter). Well, there is, but it is all relatively simple (simple hey, well see about that!). So lets go through that beginning sentence bit by bit (oh no, here we go again.) Well, actually there is only one bit we really need to go over and that is Fundamental Particles. The concept of a particle is a natural idealization of our everyday observation of matter. Footballs, and TV screens are stable objects that move as a whole (meaning that a football doesnt fall to pieces when you apply a force i.e. your foot. Or at least it shouldnt fall to pieces- if it does, I suggest you find out where you got it from and demand a replacement. They just dont make them like they used to, do they...) However, that doesnt mean that a football or a TV is a structureless object. If sufficently large forces are applied to them (i.e. kick your football very hard) you can break them down into the basic elements that theyre made up of (sledgehammers on the football, then?). The very, very basic elements (i.e. the bits, that make up the bits, that make up the bits, that make up the bits of your football.) These are Fundamental Particles, the smallest bits that make up everything else.
Posted on: Sat, 03 May 2014 10:06:46 +0000
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