Little bit more about strong force and quarks
Added 2025-11-06 18:29:04 +0000 UTCSo yeah, the birth of the quark stuff happened between 10⁻³² and 10⁻¹² seconds.
Holy shit, that’s a "whole 20 orders" of magnitude, quite a ride😮💨
And yeah, the quarks were massless back then, since the Higgs hadn’t shown up yet...
Also, I forgot to clarify last time: the strong force had already split off from the other two (the weak and the electromagnetic) at the 10⁻³⁶ s.
The funny thing is the strong force’s job is basically to hold quarks by the balls with gluons, but at such insane energies, nothing could really be “held” together anyway.
Apparently, the Universe just decided to leave for the airport 10 hours early.
But honestly, the reason is simple and kinda dumb: that’s just how the equations work. 😁 No deeper explanation has shown up yet.
And here’s an extra clarification: in particle physics, “particles” aren’t little balls. They’re excitations of fields.
So there’s this quark field, which appeared as part of the overall energy released by the inflaton (oh god, here she goes again talking about that smart physics crap…)
IN SHORT:
The inflaton kicked the bucket and distributed its inheritance in the form of pure energy, and a portion of that went to the quark field. That field then started popping out quarks.
But there were all the other fields too, and the inheritance applied to all of them at the same time.
It’s just that the quarks went partying first, so they stood out. The other particles were more like background extras, flying around without much interaction.
That’s why there isn’t much focus on them in cosmological models of that era.
Next, I’ll talk about Higgs, specifically what was going on with it back then, because I’ve already mentioned it briefly before.
Comments
Nice talk indeed! 😉🌹
John
2025-11-09 01:51:16 +0000 UTC😋
Dom
2025-11-07 20:53:50 +0000 UTC🫶
Ana
2025-11-06 22:41:32 +0000 UTCYou can read about Higgs below, but yes, it takes time to scroll:(
Ana
2025-11-06 22:41:15 +0000 UTCYes, it surprised me too years ago
Ana
2025-11-06 22:40:31 +0000 UTCThat's my job here, you a welcome!
Ana
2025-11-06 22:39:43 +0000 UTCI understand the excitations of fields as demonstrated in your post way better than in my physics class.
Pendolino70
2025-11-06 20:35:13 +0000 UTCIt sounds like the universe leaves earlier for the airport than even I do! 🤣 I’m looking forward to hearing about Higgs!
Thatbenjamincave
2025-11-06 20:28:05 +0000 UTCIt's really interesting to see matter as field excitation
Gustavo Alvarado
2025-11-06 20:11:02 +0000 UTCCan’t get enough of this content! Thank you ❤️
KV
2025-11-06 18:39:31 +0000 UTC
