Explore: Nuclear Particles

leptons). Particle physics and nuclear physics study these particles and how they interact. Most force-carrying particles like photons or gluons are called

particles are the same, such as two neutrons or two protons, the force is not enough to bind the particles, since the spin vectors of two particles of

In nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry, a nuclear reaction is a process in which two nuclei, or a nucleus and an external subatomic particle, collide

attraction of the nuclear force. From this point, alpha particles can escape. Especially energetic alpha particles deriving from a nuclear process are produced

fundamental particles of nature, but are conglomerates of even smaller particles, such as the electron. The early 20th century explorations of nuclear physics

nitrogen-14, 20 of the total 21 nuclear particles should have paired up to cancel each other's spin, and the final odd particle should have left the nucleus

neutrons, and other hadron particles, and also binds neutrons and protons to create atomic nuclei, where it is called the nuclear force. Most of the mass

(photographic emulsion, crystal, glass or plastic) exposed to nuclear radiation (neutrons or charged particles, occasionally also gamma rays), etched in a corrosive

will cause soot and other harmful particles to also be introduced into the atmosphere. Once these harmful particles are lofted, strong upper-level winds

ionizing particles, such as those produced by nuclear decay, cosmic radiation, or reactions in a particle accelerator. Detectors can measure the particle energy