Beyond the God Particle (61 page)

QED.
See
quantum electrodynamics

quantum chromodynamics,
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quantum electrodynamics,
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quantum mechanics, quantum mechanical, quantum theory,
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quark,
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R, right-handed.
See
chirality

Rabi, Isidor,
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radioactivity, natural,
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rare kaon decay experiments,
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rare muon process,
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Reines, Frederick,
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relativity, Einstein's theory of,
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right-hand rule,
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RF cavity (radio frequency cavity),
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Romer, Paul,
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Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad,
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Rubbia, Carlo,
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Rutherford, Ernest,
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Salam, Abdus,
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Samuelson, Paul,
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Schrieffer, Robert,
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Schwartz, Melvin,
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Schwinger, Julian,
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SCRF (Superconducting RF cavity).
See
RF cavity

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory,
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Smith, Adam,
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Solow, Robert,
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space-time,
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spin,
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SPS (CERN accelerator),
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SSC (canceled US accelerator project),
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Standard Model,
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Steinberger, Jack,
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strong force, strong interactions,
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See
QCD

superconductor,
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Superconducting Super Collider.
See
SSC

Super-Kamiokande,
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Super Proton Synchrotron.
See
SPS

supernova,
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SURF, Sanford Underground Research Facility.
See
Homestake Mine

Symmetry,
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See also
Noether's Theorem

synchrotron,
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synchrotron, large circular e
⁺
e
^–
collider,
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synchrotron radiation,
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T.
See
time reversal

Teresi, Dick,
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Tevatron,
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Thomson, J. J.,
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‘t Hooft, Gerhard,
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time dilation,
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time reversal (T),
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Tinlot, John,
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TLEP.
See
synchrotron, large circular e
⁺
e
^–
collider

Tomonaga, Sin-Itiro,
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top quark,
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Tyson, Neil deGrasse,
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Twitter,
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UA1 and UA2,
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US Congress kills SSC,
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vacuum,
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Van de Meer, Simon,
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Veksler, Vladimir,
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Veltman, Martinus,
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VLHC (proposed Very Large Hadron Collider),
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W
⁺
, W
^–
.
See
W boson

wave, wavelength,
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Waxahachie, Texas,
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See
SSC

W boson,
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Wealth of Nations
.
See
Smith, Adam

weak charge,
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weak interactions,
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Weinberg Steven,
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Weinrich, Marcel,
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Wilson, Robert,
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World Wide Web,
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Wu, Chien-Shiung,
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