become symmetric at this point, they behave as if they were one force. Electroweak unification gave rise to the belief that the weak, electromagnetic and strong forces can be unified into what is called the Standard Model of matter. [abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/21st_century_science/lectures/lec17.html ] #Quantum Electrodynamics #QED #Feynman diagrams #electromagnetic force #virtual photon #photon