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Record 1 2022-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
CONT

[A gauge boson is] a spin-one vector boson that mediates interactions governed by gauge theories. Examples of gauge bosons are photons in quantum electrodynamics, gluons in quantum chromodynamics, and W and Z bosons that mediate the interactions in the Weinberg–Salam model ... unifying electromagnetic and weak interactions.

Key term(s)
  • gage boson

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física atómica
CONT

Las partículas conocidas se dividen en fermiones y bosones de fase (o de "gauge"). Los bosones de fase son partículas de espín 1, o momento angular 1 h. Pueden considerarse los mediadores de las fuerzas entre los fermiones.

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