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Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:47:40 UTC No. 16629176
I am not formally educated beyond a high school level in America
Does Quantum physics understand where exactly atoms come from, or what causes them to form the specific atomic mass and electron number they need to be considered the element they are?
I know that "intrinsic" forces (as I call them) account for why, say, gravity, or electro-magnetism will always behave a certain way or seek to behave a certain way. This is because of the inherent laws of physics, and by extension, reality.
But why do quanta arrange themselves to allow for certain elements to be created at certain instances?
Can anybody elucidate this for me, a brave and honest fool?
>pic unrelated
Photo 51 as I understand was the first instance of photographing DNA, taken by Rosalind Franklin in the 50's
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:18:14 UTC No. 16629212
>>16629176
Am I just stupid then?
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:21:15 UTC No. 16629214
>>16629176
>Does Quantum physics understand where exactly atoms come from,
from the atom store
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:25:48 UTC No. 16629217
>>16629214
Even if it's sarcasm I appreciate the response
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:16:24 UTC No. 16629265
>>16629176
>, or what causes them to form the specific atomic mass and electron number they need to be considered the element they are?
The field that studies this is particle physics, which is a glorified form of chemistry. You ask why an atom has the mass it has? Thats like asking why a proton has the mass it has.
Calculating the mass of a proton has always been hard, the QCD model is that theres three quarks in there and also a soup of gluons flying between them. These gluons have energy, which has a mass equivalent
Overall the model says that the sum of the rest mass of the quarks plus the gluons energy makes up the proton mass. Its not understood why many particles have some given rest mass, some say its due to coupling to the higgs field but that coupling depends on a "Yukawa coupling constant" so then you have to ask why is the yukawa constant what it is, since its different for each particle
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:55:01 UTC No. 16629294
we actually turned on university, you auto enroll now.
your law makers are slow liars, but we did do our part -
enjoy your free education AND space program