Interesting or rather nonsensical question🤔?

Elementary particles can only be described by their interaction properties, such as mass and charge. At the same time, due to the uncertainty principle, they don't have a precisely defined size and shape. How, in your opinion, could one then answer the question of what elementary particles actually are? Or does the question perhaps not even make sense? 🤔🤔🤔

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Reggid
2 years ago

Elementary particles can only be described by interaction properties such as mass and charge.

just?

mass, spin, parity, electric charge, color charge, weak isospine, flavour, decay width, …

What else do you want?

that they do not have exactly specific size and shape due to the blur relation.

I don’t see how this is supposed to have anything to do with blur relation.

all fundamental particles are today considered as spot particles without internal structure. simply because there is no indication of the opposite.

what elementary particles are actually?

the excitations of the associated field (such as the electromagnetic field).

Yeah, that’s a very abstract thing. but so it is (after today the dinge stood)

verreisterNutzer
2 years ago
Reply to  Reggid

There are three reasons why you think it is. But that was also helpful, so the answer, really thank you! 👏🏻

hologence
2 years ago

that they do not have exactly specific size and shape due to blur relation

Size and shape are properties of macroscopic objects, not of elementary particles. This has nothing to do with location/pulse blur.

verreisterNutzer
2 years ago
Reply to  hologence

And what do you think is elementary particles? Does the question make sense? 🤔

hologence
2 years ago

Elementary particles are elementary particles. This is the meaning of “elementary” – there is no classification behind it, unless one follows the string theory, but any supersymmetry above the standard model is even more abstract than the model, and even further away from household objects and building market snacks.

verreisterNutzer
2 years ago
Reply to  hologence

Can you finally justify these in 3 sentences? Why it has nothing to do with location and impulse/blur, and the size and shape of the microscopic objects are in your opinion ? Would really be very helpful… 🤯

verreisterNutzer
2 years ago

Thank you again! 👏🏻 Found something like this:Elemental particlesis called indivisible, subatomic particles, which act as the smallest building blocks of matter and as “trans mediators” of interactions. 🤔