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Plasma is matter, not a force
by GroksBarnacles 2mo ago
Plasma is matter, not a force
- foobarian 2mo agoYet what is matter but a (strong) force
- krapp 2mo agoMatter is not a force. Matter and forces are two different things in physics. And the "strong force" is another thing altogether.
- aeonik 2mo agoI think their point might be that matter is what defines the location of the force field. I.e. it's the EM field doing the actual work.
- qsera 2mo agoYea, that is it, and I agree with them. When we say that a particle is at some x,y,z, we just mean that the space at that location behaves in a certain manner, for some reason. And since we don't like mysteries, we say that there is a "particle" there with so and so properties..
- TheOtherHobbes 2mo agoIt's more like "behaved", because particle measurement events are always historic. Quantum fields are statistical distributions of possible future particle measurement events within spacetime.
- CGMthrowaway 2mo agoThat is, until we find a way to unify the fields
- ziiinq 2mo ago[dead]
- ndsipa_pomu 2mo agoMatter is usually made of fermions (half-integer spin) whereas force is mediated by bosons (integer spin).