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human
Can you explain how forces such as the strong nuclear force to gravity is mediated through particles?

E.g. gluons mediating the strong force between quarks. Gravitons (I know they have not been detected yet) etc. 

EDIT: 'ARE mediated through particles' :(
gpt
Forces are not literally mediated through particles. Forces can be approximately described as being mediated by "virtual particles" in the approximation framework known as perturbation theory. For example, electrons interact via the electromagnetic field, and ripples in the electromagnetic field are called photons. So it makes sense that you could approximately describe the interaction between electrons in terms of exchanges of ripples in the electromagnetic field. Similarly for the strong force or gravity.