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Subject has amplitude has domain has propagation direction is not accelerated by is a kind of has color charge has quantum behavior carries the force has acceptance statu has spin has synonym has definition has charge has period has antiparticle

gluon massless particle Bose-Einstein statistics strong force hypothetical integral force carrier Gluons are the massless gauge bosons of QCD which mediate the strong color force between quarks. Because of the non-Abelian structure of the theory, gluons can interact with themselves, and may form particles consisting of gluons bound together. The existence of these "glueballs" has yet to be confirmed.

graviton electric or magnetic fields hypothetical particle Bose-Einstein statistics gravity hypothetical 2 force carrier The quanta thought to convey gravitational force; analogous to the photons, gluons, and intermediate vector bosons of electromagnetism and the strong and weak nuclear forces. Predicted by quantum theory of gravity, gravitons have not yet been detected. 0

neutrino electric or magnetic fields massless particle Fermi-Dirac statistics 1/2 A stable particle with no charge, a rest mass of zero, and a spin of 1/2, that carries away energy in the course of nuclear reactions. Its main characteristic is the weakness of its interactions with all other particles. Since the wavelengths of neutrinos at the energies at which they are normally emitted from unstable nuclei are only a few thousandths of an angstrom (compared with the wavelength of a light photon which is several thousand angstroms), they have negligible probability (10^-19 that of a light photon) of interacting with matter and escape at the speed of light. Neutrinos arise only in the energy-producing regions of stars and therefore, unlike light photons, provide direct evidence of conditions in stellar cores. There are two types of neutrinos, those associated with electrons (v_e) and those associated with muons (v_µ). 0 antineutrino

photon physics electric or magnetic fields transverse wave Bose-Einstein statistics electromagnetism 1 electromagnetic radiation A transverse wave of electric and magnetic fields which can propagate through empty space. 0

Subject	has amplitude	has domain	has propagation direction	is not accelerated by	is a kind of	has color charge	has quantum behavior	carries the force	has acceptance statu	has spin	has synonym	has definition	has charge	has period	has antiparticle
gluon					massless particle		Bose-Einstein statistics	strong force	hypothetical	integral	force carrier	Gluons are the massless gauge bosons of QCD which mediate the strong color force between quarks. Because of the non-Abelian structure of the theory, gluons can interact with themselves, and may form particles consisting of gluons bound together. The existence of these "glueballs" has yet to be confirmed.
graviton				electric or magnetic fields	hypothetical particle		Bose-Einstein statistics	gravity	hypothetical	2	force carrier	The quanta thought to convey gravitational force; analogous to the photons, gluons, and intermediate vector bosons of electromagnetism and the strong and weak nuclear forces. Predicted by quantum theory of gravity, gravitons have not yet been detected.	0
neutrino				electric or magnetic fields	massless particle		Fermi-Dirac statistics			1/2		A stable particle with no charge, a rest mass of zero, and a spin of 1/2, that carries away energy in the course of nuclear reactions. Its main characteristic is the weakness of its interactions with all other particles. Since the wavelengths of neutrinos at the energies at which they are normally emitted from unstable nuclei are only a few thousandths of an angstrom (compared with the wavelength of a light photon which is several thousand angstroms), they have negligible probability (10^-19 that of a light photon) of interacting with matter and escape at the speed of light. Neutrinos arise only in the energy-producing regions of stars and therefore, unlike light photons, provide direct evidence of conditions in stellar cores. There are two types of neutrinos, those associated with electrons (v_e) and those associated with muons (v_µ).	0		antineutrino
photon		physics		electric or magnetic fields	transverse wave		Bose-Einstein statistics	electromagnetism		1	electromagnetic radiation	A transverse wave of electric and magnetic fields which can propagate through empty space.	0

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