Welcome to Particle Central.com, an independent informational site, covering elementary particles, fundamental forces, particle accelerators, the Higgs Particle and string theory. Items are presented in laymen's language with technical jargon kept to a minimum.
The particle page explores the history of tiny particles from the atom to the quark. Quantum mechanics changed our perception of elementary particles from strictly point objects to dual function objects encompassing both wave-like and point-like properties. Matter particles have been organized into 12 fundamental particles. All elementary particles have an intrinsic property called " spin ". Conceptually spin is similar to a planet spinning on its axis.
There are four fundamental forces: gravity, electro-magnetism, the strong nuclear force (shown immediately above), and the weak nuclear force. Quantum Mechanics (QM) provides a mathematical description for the dual wave-like and particle-like behavior of matter. One of the significant contributions of QM is that it introduced "force carrying particles". One can think of the energy transfer between particles like the continuous passing of a basketball back and forth.
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