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W particle
subject			fact

W particle	has definition 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.
	has definition See Intermediate Vector Boson.
	has definition Massive boson thought to have been abundant in the early universe, when the unified electroweak force was manifest.
	is a kind of vector boson
vector boson	see also Weinberg-Salam theory
	has acronym IVB
	carries the force electroweak
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

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