is there a warmth particle?

Question

I've heard of so-called gravitons, the imaginary particles that make gravity happen.
I've also heard of other particles that explain different conditions of weather.

But lately I've wondered if there is a particle that generates warmth... if there is please discribe it and tell me if it's imaginary like the graviton...

Answer 1

The movement of particles does.

Answer 2

Not clear what you mean by "imaginary." If you mean "theoretical," then that's what you need to say. Imaginary, like an imaginary number, has a very different meaning, which is not theoretical.

That being said, heat, which is one form of energy, is simply molecular or atomic vibration. (See source 1.)More heat, means more vibration. Sometimes the vibration can be so great, molecular bonds will break and cause whatever the molecules belonged to to take on a new state. When water (a liquid state) changes to steam (a gaseous state), it's because the bonds were broken by the additional heat.

Heat should not be confused with temperature. Temperature is ill defined (See source 2.), but one thing is sure, temperature differences in matter cause a flow of heat [Q = K(T - T')]; where K is a constant based on what kind of matter and the two T's are two different temperatures (usually given in Kelvin degrees).

Answer 3

No specific particle.

Electromagnetic energy in the Infrared part of the spectrum carries heat across empty space (like from the Earth from the Sun). Electromagnetic energy is carried by the photon.

Heat is normally conducted to your body through collisions of the atoms in your body with atoms of the air, water, or solid that you are touching.

Answer 4

funny ;-)

ok in case you're not kidding, heat is just the excitation (vibrations) of atoms or molecules.

when an atom vibrates too much, it will tend to release energy, and it typically does this by emitting a photon, i.e. an EM wave.

Answer 5

"Warmth" (heat) is energy. All matter, any particle of matter, can be converted to energy as Einstein postulated in his well-known equation E=m(c squared). There is no single "warmth particle".

Answer 6

a phonon could be considered in a way to be such a particle.

Answer 7

It is not imaginary and it is called Photon