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Exotic atoms with electrons replaced with other negative particles.
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Why do electrons have spin?
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why Pauli exclusion principle for Fermions
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What are the ranges of strong and weak forces?
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infinite pressure?
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Strings and string theory
Are there force carriers between electrons and nucleons?s
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