Physicists believe that an unknown force could be acting on sub-atomic particles known as muons.
    • 133arc585
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      1 year ago
      1. Strong nuclear force: holds the nucleus of an atom together
      2. Weak nuclear force: responsible for radioactive decay
      3. Electromagnetic force: of charged particles
      4. Gravitational force: attractive force between objects with mass
      • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
        82·
        1 year ago

        Not all decays are weak-based, though, and not all weak phenomina are directly related to radioactivity. That’s just the only thing a layman has heard of where it’s relevant.

        The strong force only holds atoms together through a sort of trickle-down force, too, but that one feels like splitting hairs.

        • 133arc585
          201·
          1 year ago

          The person I replied to wasn’t able to name the forces beyond gravity, so I think over-simplification and reduction to specific phenomena they would have heard of is appropriate.

          • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
            62·
            1 year ago

            Oh, absolutely. I was adding on for anyone else reading who might appreciate answer gravy. Sorry if it came across as critical of what you wrote, my bad.

            • 133arc585
              91·
              1 year ago

              Gotcha, no problem, I did take it as criticism of my comment but that was a reflex.

      • Knusper@feddit.de
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        1 year ago

        Well, the article currently lists them as: gravity, electromagnetism, the strong force and the weak force.

        If you’re not familiar, you wouldn’t be able to guess that the last two are nuclear forces and in the context of a new force, that list is rather confusing.