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Constitution of Matter

Particles and Nuclear Physics

  • Particles: Particle Data Group site; Particle Adventure site.
  • Quarks: SLAC page; HyperPhysics page.
  • Electrons: NASA page; AIP page on their discovery.
  • Neutrons: Wikipedia page.
  • Radioactivity: How Carbon Dating Works from howstuffworks.com.
  • Nuclear Fusion: Hyperphysics page at Georgia State U.

Forces

Atoms and Molecules

Other Kinds of Matter

  • In General: I. Ivanov's condensed matter page and materials page.
  • Solids: Classification of solids (U of Exeter).
  • Foams: NASA microgravity experiment in space site.
  • Granular Materials: NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center page.
  • Plasmas: Information page from plasmas.org; Demonstration video clip.
  • Quasicrystals: Information (Cornell U).
  • Antimatter: Anti-hydrogen (ATRAP); How Antimatter Spacecraft Will Work.
  • Bose-Einstein Condensates: Nobel Foundation page on the 2001 prize; W. Ketterle's online lecture; U of Colorado information page.

Up to astronomy resources; Page by Luca Bombelli <bombelli"at"olemiss.edu>, Modified 21 aug 2006