An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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فرهنگ ریشهشناختی اخترشناسی-اخترفیزیک
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virtual particle
zarr-ye virâgin
Fr.: particule virtuelle
A subatomic particle that, according to the uncertainty principle, comes into being out of energy fluctuations of the “vacuum” and lasts for extremely short periods of time. An electron-positron pair can exist only about 4 x 10-21 seconds. The lifetime increases as the mass and energy involved decreases. Virtual particles are real and have measurable effects, but cannot be directly observed, according to the uncertainty principle. → vacuum polarization. |
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