Category talk:Particle physics

I moved this category to Category:Physics from Category:Quantum mechanics, because I believe they are rather distinct fields of physics. Karol 07:24, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)

Nuclear Physics part of Particle Physics
Why is Nuclear Physics part of the particle physics category? This makes no sense. Nuclear Physics is widely recognized as its own separate part of physics, with its own paradigms (understanding how systems of partons (quarks and gluons) work together, and how systems of nucleons work together. It has separate funding sources (i.e. the U. S. Dept. of Energy Office of Nuclear Physics is not part of the DOE Office of High Energy Physics), it's own physics classes, etc.

I am new to wikipedia; would anybody ('the system') mind if I moved this?

Spencer Klein, Berkeley, spencerklein@berkeley.edu — Preceding unsigned comment added by SpencerKlein (talk • contribs) 21:48, 26 July 2016 (UTC)


 * I second that motion! I think it is only justified as far as nuclei are (composite) particles. But I agree that nuclear physics is not particle physics in the same sense in which chemistry is not physics. Alex4532 (talk) 13:23, 5 August 2016 (UTC)


 * I'd like to continue this discussion in the Category talk:Nuclear physics Alex4532 (talk) 13:47, 5 August 2016 (UTC)