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Electroweak theory

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(thing) by Chronos Tachyon (4.2 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Thu Apr 12 2001 at 5:02:14

The unified form of the electromagnetic force and the weak nuclear force. The electroweak transition is at a low enough energy (on the order of 1 TeV) that, IIRC, high-energy physicists were able to experimentally verify it. The formal acceptance of the electroweak force theory resulted in the creation of the standard model of physics that we rely on today. See the Grand Unified Theory node for the attempts to unify this force with the strong nuclear force. One prediction of electroweak theory that remains missing-in-action is the elusive Higgs boson.


(idea) by amsaarel (9.3 mon) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Wed Jul 04 2001 at 18:55:20

The electroweak theory is the unified field theory of the electromagnetic and weak interactions. The gauge group is U(1) x SU(2). The gauge particles are the photon, and the Z, W+ and W- - particles. The W+ and W- - particles have the electric charges +- e , respectively, which means that the electroweak field couples to itself. So the field equations are nonlinear, unlike in the electromagnetic theory, which is linear.

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