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particle physics

branch of physics dealing with the interactions of subatomic particles
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Summary

particle physics is a branch of physics[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of branch of physics entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,703 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: modern physics[3]
  • Part of: physics[4], modern physics[5]
  • Commons category: Particle physics[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Particle physics[7]
  • Commons gallery: Particle physics[8]
  • Partially coincident with: high energy physics[9]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/particle-physics[10]
  • Is the study of: subatomic particle[11]
  • Practiced by: particle physicist[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

Why It Matters

particle physics has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Alan Guth Brian Cox Bruno Pontecorvo Carl David Anderson Carlo Rubbia Chen-ning Yang Chien-Shiung Wu Enrico Fermi Ernest Walton Ettore Majorana Fabiola Gianotti François Englert Georges Charpak George Zweig Gregor Kasieczka Institut de Ciències del Cosmos de la Universitat de Barcelona James Cronin Jonas Glombitza Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso Lisa Randall MadGraph Makoto Kobayashi Martin Erdmann Masatoshi Koshiba Murray Gell-Mann physics Richard Buckingham Richard Feynman ROOT Sean Gasiorowski

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Basisklassifikation → 33.56
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  2. 10w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Svkkl authority id → h0003131-fyzika-elementarnich-castic
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  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → physics, modern physics
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