When did particle physics begin?
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When did particle physics begin?
Particle Physics:
Particle physics or high-energy physics studies the forces and structures of the fundamental subatomic particles. It includes studying the fundamental interactions between them as defined by quantum field theory, and it includes matter and antimatter.
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View this answerMost physicists would point to the birth of modern particle physics when the Standard Model was formalized in 1975. The term "Standard...
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