Particle and Nuclear Physics

Particle physics research is mostly concentrated on subatomic particles which include atomic constituents such as electrons, protons and neutrons produced by radioactive and scattering processes such as photons, neutrinos, and muons as well as a wide range of unusual particles. Dynamics of particles is also governed by quantum mechanics and they exhibit wave–particle duality, which display the particle-like behavior under the definite experimental conditions. Nuclear physics research is concentrated mostly on understanding the matter which is composed of quarks and gluons which usually makes up 99% of the mass in the universe. The field of particle physics developed out of nuclear physics and is naturally taught in close association with nuclear physics.