W boson

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The W boson is a massive elementary particle that mediates the weak nuclear force and is responsible for processes like beta decay in the Standard Model of particle physics.

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Prompt

Generate an image of a w boson (The W boson is a massive elementary particle that mediates the weak nuclear force and is responsible for processes like beta decay in the Standard Model of particle physics.)

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
W boson canonical 21
W+ boson 5
W- boson 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf elementary particle ⓘ
gauge boson ⓘ
vector boson ⓘ
weak interaction mediator ⓘ
constrains Standard Model parameters ⓘ
couplesTo Higgs boson ⓘ
W boson ⓘ
Z boson ⓘ
left-handed fermions ⓘ
leptons ⓘ
photon ⓘ
quarks ⓘ
decaysTo lepton + neutrino ⓘ
quark + antiquark ⓘ
doesNotParticipateIn strong interaction ⓘ
hasBranchingRatioToHadrons about 68% ⓘ
hasBranchingRatioToLeptons about 32% ⓘ
hasChargeConjugation not an eigenstate of C ⓘ
hasChargeCurrent V–A structure ⓘ
hasColorCharge colorless ⓘ
hasDiscoveryFacility Super Proton Synchrotron ⓘ
hasElectricCharge +1 e ⓘ
-1 e ⓘ
hasHelicity ±1 ⓘ
hasInteraction weak interaction ⓘ
hasIsospin 1 ⓘ
hasMass about 1.43×10^-25 kg ⓘ
about 80.379 GeV/c^2 ⓘ
hasNameOrigin weak force ⓘ
hasParity -1 ⓘ
hasRestLifetime about 3×10^-25 s ⓘ
hasSpin 1 ⓘ
hasStatistics bosonic ⓘ
hasSymbol W ⓘ
hasVariant W+ boson ⓘ
linked to: W boson

W- boson ⓘ
linked to: W boson
hasWeakIsospin 1 ⓘ
hasWidth about 2.085 GeV ⓘ
isChargedCurrentMediator true ⓘ
isComposite false ⓘ
isFundamental true ⓘ
isGaugeBosonOf SU(2)_L ⓘ
isMassive true ⓘ
isPartnerOf Z boson ⓘ
isPartOf electroweak gauge bosons ⓘ
isProducedIn electron–positron collisions ⓘ
proton–antiproton collisions ⓘ
proton–proton collisions ⓘ
isRelevantFor CP violation studies ⓘ
collider phenomenology ⓘ
flavor physics ⓘ
isShortLived true ⓘ
isTestedBy precision electroweak measurements ⓘ
mediates weak nuclear force ⓘ
mediatesProcess beta decay ⓘ
lepton flavor changing weak processes ⓘ
muon decay ⓘ
nuclear beta minus decay ⓘ
nuclear beta plus decay ⓘ
obeys Bose–Einstein statistics ⓘ
participatesIn electroweak interaction ⓘ
partOf Standard Model ⓘ
wasDiscoveredAt CERN ⓘ
wasDiscoveredBy UA1 experiment ⓘ
UA2 experiment ⓘ
wasDiscoveredIn 1983 ⓘ
wasPredictedBy Abdus Salam ⓘ
Sheldon Glashow ⓘ
Steven Weinberg ⓘ
electroweak theory ⓘ
linked to: Standard Model

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Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CERN → discovered → W boson ⓘ
W boson → hasVariant → W+ boson ⓘ
linked to: W boson
W boson → hasVariant → W- boson ⓘ
linked to: W boson
W boson → couplesTo → W boson ⓘ
Z boson → relatedParticle → W+ boson ⓘ
linked to: W boson
Higgs boson → givesMassTo → W boson ⓘ
Standard Model → predicts → W boson ⓘ
Z boson → isRelatedTo → W+ boson ⓘ
subject linked to: Z
linked to: W boson
Z boson → isRelatedTo → W- boson ⓘ
subject linked to: Z
linked to: W boson
UA1 experiment → researchArea → W boson ⓘ
Higgs field → givesMassTo → W boson ⓘ
Higgs mechanism → givesMassTo → W boson ⓘ
boson → includesExample → W boson ⓘ
DØ detector → contributedToMeasurementOf → W boson mass ⓘ
linked to: W boson
Salam–Weinberg model → hasGaugeBoson → W^+ boson ⓘ
linked to: W boson
W− boson → hasChargeConjugate → W+ boson ⓘ
subject linked to: W^-
linked to: W boson
W− boson → isAntiparticleOf → W+ boson ⓘ
subject linked to: W^-
linked to: W boson
W′ bosons → areCounterpartOf → W bosons ⓘ
linked to: W boson
W′ bosons → areDistinctFrom → Standard Model W bosons ⓘ
linked to: W boson
CDF → studied → W boson ⓘ
DØ → studied → W boson ⓘ
CDF Collaboration → studies → W boson ⓘ
Boson → includes → W boson ⓘ
ALEPH → studiedObject → W boson ⓘ
subject linked to: Apparatus for LEP Physics
L3 Collaboration → studied → W boson ⓘ