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Why is particle physics also called high energy physics?

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Particle physics research is conducted at "high energy" because interesting phenomena occur when a tremendous amount of energy is concentrated into a small number of particles. If we collided protons at the same speed as billiard balls, they would either miss, or just bounce off each other like billiard balls. read more

Particle physics (also high energy physics) is the branch of physics that studies the nature of the particles that constitute matter and radiation. read more

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