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vector boson (IVB)
subject			fact

vector boson	see also Weinberg-Salam theory
	has acronym IVB
	carries the force electroweak
	has definition Force-carrying particles of nature. Three vector bosons are responsible for the weak nuclear force. By admitting the photon on an equal footing it is possible to create a unified electroweak theory. As a result of symmetry-breaking processes, however, this photon remains massless while the three other vector bosons pick up mass.
	has definition Also called the intermediate vector boson.
	has definition A hypothetical elementary particle that acts as intermediary for the weak interaction, carrying its effect from one particle to another as the photon does for electromagnetic interactions and as various mesons do for the strong interactions.
	is a kind of carrier boson
	is a kind of hypothetical particle
hypothetical particle	has acceptance status hypothetical
carrier boson	has synonym force carrier
particle	obeys uncertainty principle
	has frequency inversely proportional to the wavelength
	has wavelength inversely proportional to its momentum
	has charge
	has mass
boson	has quantum behavior Bose-Einstein statistics
	has spin integral
elementary particle	has spin
physical object	has location or center of gravity
	has angular momentum
	has velocity
	has momentum
	has temperature
	has volume
	has extent
	has material

Kinds of vector boson :

• W particle (4 facts) - Particle that transmits the unified electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces. These particles were predicted by the Weinberg-Salam theory of the 1960s and later discovered in the 1980s., See Intermediate Vector Boson., Massive boson thought to have been abundant in the early universe, when the unified electroweak force was manifest.
• Z particle (3 facts) - Massive boson thought to have been abundant in the early universe, when the unified electroweak force was manifest., Particle that transmits the unified electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces. These particles were predicted by the Weinberg-Salam theory of the 1960s and later discovered in the 1980s.

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