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[–] [email protected] 47 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I found this after a Google: https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/ParticleAndNuclear/gluons.html

There are 8 types of gluon particles.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 5 months ago

If you are wondering what the hell I am doing subtracting particles from each other, well, that's quantum mechanics.

Sounds about right

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Physicists:

This is just Occam's razor again: a hypothetical particle that can't interact with anything, and therefore can't be detected, doesn't exist.

Also Physicists: 85% of the universe’ mass is missing!!!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Those missing do interact on things, we just don't know what they are. That's why we know they're missing.