How Do Physicists Know That the Fundamental Forces Become Unified

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Multiple Choice

How do physicists know that the fundamental forces become unified as the energy of particle interactions increases?

• A) The theory that says that they do is a very elegant one, and it would be nice if it were right.
• B) Experiments have actually been done with high-energy particle accelerators where all four forces have been unified.
• C) Although it is not possible to see unification in the laboratory, the theory of unification agrees with many of the observed properties of the universe.
• D) Physicists have actually seen the start of the unification in high-energy particle accelerators, where the electromagnetic and weak forces become unified.

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