✎ Virtual Particles [The Physics Travel Guide]

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====== Virtual Particles ======

<tabbox Why is it interesting?> 
<blockquote>\There are no real one-particle systems in nature, not even few-particle
systems. The existence of virtual pairs and of pair fluctuations shows that
the days of fixed particle numbers are over."
<cite>Viki Weisskopf</cite></blockquote>

* https://profmattstrassler.com/articles-and-posts/particle-physics-basics/virtual-particles-what-are-they/
  * https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/34049/what-really-goes-on-in-a-vacuum?lq=1
  * http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/4349/are-w-z-bosons-virtual-or-not/22064#22064
  * http://www.mat.univie.ac.at/~neum/physfaq/topics/vacfluc
  
 <tabbox Student>

* https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/physics-virtual-particles/
  * https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/misconceptions-virtual-particles/
  * https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/vacuum-fluctuation-myth/

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The motto in this section is: //the higher the level of abstraction, the better//.
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