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electroweak
(weak force)

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electroweak is a kind of fundamental force 2001-09-27 09:29:56.0
has definition The combination of the electromagnetic force and the weak nuclear force which takes place at high energy. has source: Clark, S. 1997 Towards the Edge of the Universe, Wiley, 2001-09-27 09:29:56.0
has definition A unification of electromagnetism and the weak nuclear force. has source: Peat, D. 1988 Superstrings and the Search for a Theory of Everything, Contemporary Books, 2001-09-27 09:29:56.0
has definition The unified description of the weak interactions and electromagnetism, developed between 1967 and 1970 by Sheldon Glashow, Steven Weinberg, and Abdus Salam. has source: Guth, A.H. 1997 The Inflationary Universe, Addison-Wesley, 2001-09-27 09:29:56.0
has definition Theory demonstrating links between the electromagnetic and the weak nuclear forces. Indicates that in the high energies that characterized the very early universe, electromagnetism and the weak force functioned as a single, electroweak force. Also known as the Weinberg-Salam theory. has source: Ferris, T. 1988 Coming of Age in the Milky Way, Morrow, 2001-09-27 09:29:56.0
has definition The theory that unifies the electromagnetic force and the weak nuclear force into a single force. This theory was developed in the 1960s by Sheldon Glashow, Steven Weinberg, and Abdus Salam and has been subsequently confirmed in the laboratory. One of the mathematical properties of this theory is called the electroweak symmetry. has source: Lightman, A., Brawer, R. 1990 The Lives and Worlds of Modern Cosmologists, Harvard University Press, 2001-09-27 09:29:56.0
has definition Responsible for certain kinds of radioactivity; for example, the disintegration of a neutron into a proton, electron, and antineutrino.
has synonym weak force 2001-09-27 09:29:57.0
has range
has strength (relative to electromagnetism)
has carrier boson vector boson

electroweak	is a kind of fundamental force
	has definition The combination of the electromagnetic force and the weak nuclear force which takes place at high energy.
	has definition A unification of electromagnetism and the weak nuclear force.
	has definition The unified description of the weak interactions and electromagnetism, developed between 1967 and 1970 by Sheldon Glashow, Steven Weinberg, and Abdus Salam.
	has definition Theory demonstrating links between the electromagnetic and the weak nuclear forces. Indicates that in the high energies that characterized the very early universe, electromagnetism and the weak force functioned as a single, electroweak force. Also known as the Weinberg-Salam theory.
	has definition The theory that unifies the electromagnetic force and the weak nuclear force into a single force. This theory was developed in the 1960s by Sheldon Glashow, Steven Weinberg, and Abdus Salam and has been subsequently confirmed in the laboratory. One of the mathematical properties of this theory is called the electroweak symmetry.
	has definition Responsible for certain kinds of radioactivity; for example, the disintegration of a neutron into a proton, electron, and antineutrino.
	has synonym weak force
	has range
	has strength (relative to electromagnetism)
	has carrier boson vector boson