Why Quarks Are Unobservable

This essay deals with the question whether quarks—the basic components of matter and one of the youngest confirmed particles in high energy physics—can be observed directly or indirectly. First, I shall discuss earlier definitions of “observation” in physics suggested by Grover Maxwell, Bas van Fraa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tobias Fox
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Éditions Kimé 2009-10-01
Series:Philosophia Scientiæ
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/philosophiascientiae/303