Like where does the charge comes from?
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As far as we know, charge is inherent, intrinsic. Electrons have negative charge for the same reason they have mass. They just do. I understand that may be an unsatisfactory answer, but the further down you go, the more physics becomes philosophy.
As far as we know, charge is inherent, intrinsic. Electrons have negative charge for the same reason they have mass. They just do. I understand that may be an unsatisfactory answer, but the further down you go, the more physics becomes philosophy.
Charge is a way we quantity how a particle is coupled to the EM filed. So what makes a particle charged is by interacting with the EM filed. And we can assign a value we call charge to a particle which is our way of describing this.
The EM filed is rather fundamental or at least a measurable thing that exists and certainly particles interact with it.
I can also refer you to [this](https://youtu.be/esayi49OAk4?feature=shared) video which you may find interesting.
You get into really complicated physics with this one and eventually you’ll reach some version of a ‘just because’ answer.
Basically, electrons are a “fundamental particle” meaning nothing makes up an electron, they ‘just are’. Protons on the other hand are made of smaller particles called ‘quarks’ (rhymes with “quart”). There are a small variety of quarks, I believe there are 6 “flavors” (that’s what they call the types) and if you are following me so far, each quark has an electric charge just like the electron does. Ultimately, it’s a combination of quarks that make protons positive and electrons are negative all by themselves.
But what *is* charge? What *causes* it? That’s a mouthful and the problem is we don’t have a single agreed upon form of physics to explain that question. At the moment we have “really good” versions of physics that each explain like 80% of what’s happening but work together. They are called “the Standard Model” and “Quantum Electrodynamics” and you can do some googling on your own to look it up but it’s pretty heady stuff .
You get into really complicated physics with this one and eventually you’ll reach some version of a ‘just because’ answer.
Basically, electrons are a “fundamental particle” meaning nothing makes up an electron, they ‘just are’. Protons on the other hand are made of smaller particles called ‘quarks’ (rhymes with “quart”). There are a small variety of quarks, I believe there are 6 “flavors” (that’s what they call the types) and if you are following me so far, each quark has an electric charge just like the electron does. Ultimately, it’s a combination of quarks that make protons positive and electrons are negative all by themselves.
But what *is* charge? What *causes* it? That’s a mouthful and the problem is we don’t have a single agreed upon form of physics to explain that question. At the moment we have “really good” versions of physics that each explain like 80% of what’s happening but work together. They are called “the Standard Model” and “Quantum Electrodynamics” and you can do some googling on your own to look it up but it’s pretty heady stuff .
Charge is a way we quantity how a particle is coupled to the EM filed. So what makes a particle charged is by interacting with the EM filed. And we can assign a value we call charge to a particle which is our way of describing this.
The EM filed is rather fundamental or at least a measurable thing that exists and certainly particles interact with it.
I can also refer you to [this](https://youtu.be/esayi49OAk4?feature=shared) video which you may find interesting.
Imagine a pizza that is divided into 6 pieces and those pieces can either be cheese or pepperoni. A electron has more pepperoni slices, a proton has more cheese slices, and a neutron has an even amount of both. For a non-eli5 answer, look up [quarks](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark)
I can only agree to the explanation of “it just is”. We can’t explain that yet.
You can ask the same about energy. What is energy essentially? You won’t get an answer. There are some things that are inherent to things being and we may progress in answeringa bit more but ultimately, there will always be open questions.
Imagine a pizza that is divided into 6 pieces and those pieces can either be cheese or pepperoni. A electron has more pepperoni slices, a proton has more cheese slices, and a neutron has an even amount of both. For a non-eli5 answer, look up [quarks](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark)
I can only agree to the explanation of “it just is”. We can’t explain that yet.
You can ask the same about energy. What is energy essentially? You won’t get an answer. There are some things that are inherent to things being and we may progress in answeringa bit more but ultimately, there will always be open questions.
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