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  • ...antum field]] that permeates all of space and gives mass to all elementary particles through interactions with the field, including itself. The Higgs field has ...ticles interact with it. At low energies, the interaction is weak, and the particles behave as if they are massless. The Higgs boson was proposed in 1964 by sev
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  • ...ories, quantum mechanics reveals a probabilistic and quantized world where particles can behave as waves, and outcomes of measurements are inherently uncertain. ...uantum mechanics differs from classical physics in that, at the atomic and subatomic scales, it reveals that many properties of matter and energy are quantized,
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  • ...eparts from classical physics primarily at the quantum realm of atomic and subatomic length scales. Quantum physics explains a wide range of phenomena, from the ...in multiple states simultaneously until measured, and entanglement, where particles become correlated such that the state of one instantly influences the other
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  • ...ental role of measurement in determining the behaviour of particles at the subatomic level. Unlike classical physics, where observation is passive and does not ...rons exhibit wave-like interference patterns when unobserved but behave as particles when measured. It challenges intuitive notions of an objective, observer-in
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  • ...converted. Energy is central to all physical processes, from the motion of particles to the functioning of biological organisms and the dynamics of the universe ...clear reactions, and energy can manifest as effective mass in relativistic particles.</p>
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