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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What is a particle species in this context? I've never seen "species" used in the context of particle physics before.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

"electron" would be one example of a particle species

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Does it include the corresponding antiparticle?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think it's called a positron. It's just an anti-negative or positive excitation of the electric field.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

I was talking generally. I know what a positron is.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Original Paper on arxiv.org