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electroweak interaction
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electroweak interaction [ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈwiːk]
n
(Physics / General Physics) Physics a type of fundamental interaction combining both the electromagnetic interaction and the weak interaction See also electromagnetic interaction, weak interaction


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Prof 't Hooft, from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, received the physics prize in 1999 for revealing the quantum structure of electroweak interactions - a mathematical construction which describes two of the four fundamental interactions in nature.
of Munich, Germany) explains elementary particles, specifically the discoveries of scientists concerning electrons and atomic nuclei, the quantum properties of atoms and particles, quarks, particle accelerators, quantum electrodynamics and chromodynamics, mesons and baryons, electroweak interactions, and grand unification.
2[gamma]s], the electroweak interactions mediated by Z- and W-bosons and "massive" photons transfer the large momenta [k.
 
 
 
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