Talk:Particle physics

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All of the common particles that make up the world around us, its matter and its radiation, are well known. As a result, modern particle physics concerns itself with the smallest or least easy to see of these pieces, most of which are not found normally in nature and have not been seen since the Big Bang.

I removed this for now because it is very vague and there is no citation for it. Firstly, what does "common particles" refer to? and "well known"? There are lots of things we don't know in all fields of physics so I think this is misleading. Secondly, I object to the "have not been seen since the Big Bang" part - I don't think anybody was alive at the big bang and if they were they definitely wouldn't have been able to see very much!

Also, this sentence doesn't seem to make any sense so I've removed it

Because particles are used to carry the fundamental forces of nature, the fundamental forces have come to be explained in terms of particles and how they interact with each other.

--Mat (talk) 15:12, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]