force carrier particle

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• Force carrier — This article is about force mediating particles in general. For the specific particles that mediate the electromagnetic, strong, and weak interactions, see gauge boson. In particle physics, quantum field theories such as the Standard Model… …   Wikipedia

• subatomic particle — or elementary particle Any of various self contained units of matter or energy. Discovery of the electron in 1897 and of the atomic nucleus in 1911 established that the atom is actually a composite of a cloud of electrons surrounding a tiny but… …   Universalium

• Higgs particle — or Higgs boson Carrier of an all pervading fundamental field (Higgs field) that is hypothesized as a means of endowing mass on some elementary particles through its interactions with them. It was named for Peter W. Higgs born 1929 of the… …   Universalium

• Z particle — n. Particle Physics the electrically neutral weakon with a mass of 91.2 GeV/c2, which is c. 178,000 times the mass of an electron: see W PARTICLE * * * Electrically neutral carrier of the weak force and the neutral partner of the electrically… …   Universalium

• weak force — Physics. a force between elementary particles that causes certain processes that take place with low probability, as radioactive beta decay and collisions between neutrinos and other particles. Also called weak interaction force. Cf. weak… …   Universalium

• Exchange force — In particle physics, an exchange force is a force produced by the exchange of force carrier particles, such as the electromagnetic force produced by the exchange of photons between electrons and the strong force produced by the exchange of gluons …   Wikipedia

• W particle — Physics. either of two types of charged intermediate vector bosons, one having a positive charge and the other a negative charge. Symbols: W+, W [1970 75; appar. for weak] * * * Electrically charged subatomic particle that transmits the weak… …   Universalium

• Massless particle — In particle physics, a massless particle is a particle whose invariant mass is zero. Currently, the only known massless particles are gauge bosons: the photon (carrier of electromagnetism) and the gluon (carrier of the strong force). However,… …   Wikipedia

• Magnetic-particle inspection — (MPI) is a non destructive testing (NDT) process for detecting surface and subsurface discontinuities in ferroelectric materials such as iron, nickel, cobalt, and some of their alloys. The process puts a magnetic field into the part. The piece… …   Wikipedia

• Charge carrier — In physics, a charge carrier is a free (mobile, unbound) particle carrying an electric charge, especially the particles that carry electric currents in electrical conductors. Examples are electrons and ions. In a conducting medium, an electric… …   Wikipedia

• Timeline of particle physics — The timeline of particle physics lists the sequence of particle physics theories and discoveries in chronological order. The most modern developments follow the scientific development of the discipline of Particle physics.19th century* 1858… …   Wikipedia