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intermediate vector boson
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intermediate vector boson

Member of a group of elementary particles, W+, W, and Z, which mediate the weak nuclear force. This force is responsible for, among other things, beta decay.



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The photon would be joined by the photino, the graviton by the gravitino, the gluon by the gluino, and the W and Z vector bosons (how I love those guys
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Recent results on intermediate vector boson properties at the CERN super proton synchrotron collider, Phys.
 
 
 
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