Fields - the ultimate reality?

     Fields -  the ultimate reality? 

 What do we know about the building blocks of our universe? We learnt in school that everything in this universe is made of atoms which in turn is made up of protons, neutons and electrons. But then again in undergraduates we come to know that protons and neutrons aren't fundamental particles either. They are made up of quarks - the fundamental particles of matter.
But is it totally true? According to the quantum field theory it is not. This theory is one of the best accepted theory among physicists. It is a theory that combines quantum nature of particles to their respective universal fields. The universe is made up of 12 matter fields( up quark, down quark, top quark, bottom quark, charm quark, strange quark, electron, muon, tau, electron-neutrino, muon-neutrino and tau-neutrino)  and 4 force fields. Recently a new field- Higgs field is discovered.
Every particle we know is but a wave constrained by energy(quantized)  in their respective fields. The interactions occur when one particle wave of matter field bumps in the force field which in turn release a particle in this field. This particle in the force field may affect another matter field. The properties that every particle has is the property of their field.
 The implications of this theory is huge. We can imagine the particles that make us originated from the same fields that made every other particle in the universe. In reality it is seen that most of the universe made up of only four of the particles. Scientists are not sure why as other particles are mostly created in the LHC at CERN. It really feels amazing how these particles achieve such a great feat when we consider the diversity of our creation.
But still this is not the theory of everything. There are still some areas like the dark matter and dark energy which remains unanswered. May upcoming theories like the supersymmetry and string theory are coming. Its only a matter of time when we can get the most cherished theory of everything.




Know more about quantum fields on wikipedia or google it😝

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