Z boson

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The Z boson is a neutral elementary particle that mediates the weak nuclear force and plays a central role in the electroweak theory of particle physics.

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Generate an image of a z boson (The Z boson is a neutral elementary particle that mediates the weak nuclear force and plays a central role in the electroweak theory of particle physics.)

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf elementary particle ⓘ
gauge boson ⓘ
neutral weak boson ⓘ
vector boson ⓘ
associatedWithScientist Carlo Rubbia ⓘ
Simon van der Meer ⓘ
baryonNumber 0 ⓘ
chargeConjugationEigenstate yes ⓘ
colorCharge 0 ⓘ
couplesTo all charged leptons ⓘ
all neutrino flavors ⓘ
all quark flavors ⓘ
cParity -1 ⓘ
decayMode lepton-antilepton pairs ⓘ
neutrino-antineutrino pairs ⓘ
quark-antiquark pairs ⓘ
decayWidth ~2.4952 GeV ⓘ
discoveredAt Super Proton Synchrotron ⓘ
discoveredBy CERN ⓘ
UA1 experiment ⓘ
UA2 experiment ⓘ
discoveryYear 1983 ⓘ
doesNotCoupleTo gluon ⓘ
photon ⓘ
electricCharge 0 ⓘ
gaugeGroup SU(2)_L × U(1)_Y ⓘ
interactionMediated neutral current interaction ⓘ
weak interaction ⓘ
isospin 1 ⓘ
isOwnAntiparticle true ⓘ
leptonNumber 0 ⓘ
lifetime ~3.0×10^-25 s ⓘ
mass ~91.1876 GeV/c^2 ⓘ
massUncertainty ~0.0021 GeV/c^2 ⓘ
measuredAt LEP ⓘ
SLD ⓘ
mediates flavor-conserving weak interactions ⓘ
namedAfter zero electric charge ⓘ
originatesFrom mixing of W3 and B gauge fields ⓘ
parity -1 ⓘ
partOfModel Standard Model of particle physics ⓘ
linked to: Standard Model
partOfTheory electroweak theory ⓘ
productionMechanism electron-positron annihilation ⓘ
proton-proton collisions ⓘ
relatedParticle W+ boson ⓘ
linked to: W boson

W- boson ⓘ
photon ⓘ
spin 1 ⓘ
statistics boson ⓘ
symbol Z ⓘ
usedFor precision tests of the Standard Model ⓘ
weakIsospinThirdComponent 0 ⓘ

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CERN → discovered → Z boson ⓘ
W boson → couplesTo → Z boson ⓘ
W boson → isPartnerOf → Z boson ⓘ
Higgs boson → givesMassTo → Z boson ⓘ
Standard Model → predicts → Z boson ⓘ
SLD → studiedParticle → Z boson ⓘ
UA1 experiment → researchArea → Z boson ⓘ
SU(2)_L → gaugeBosonsAfterSymmetryBreaking → Z boson (in combination with U(1)_Y) ⓘ
linked to: Z boson
Higgs field → givesMassTo → Z boson ⓘ
Higgs mechanism → givesMassTo → Z boson ⓘ
boson → includesExample → Z boson ⓘ
Salam–Weinberg model → hasGaugeBoson → Z^0 boson ⓘ
linked to: Z boson
Stanford Linear Collider → primaryPhysicsTarget → Z boson resonance ⓘ
subject linked to: Stanford Linear Collider (SLC)
linked to: Z boson
Stanford Linear Collider → studiedParticle → Z boson ⓘ
subject linked to: Stanford Linear Collider (SLC)
W− boson → isRelatedTo → Z boson ⓘ
subject linked to: W^-
Weinberg angle → defines → Z boson field Z_μ ⓘ
linked to: Z boson
Z′ bosons → mayMixWith → Standard Model Z boson ⓘ
linked to: Z boson
CDF → studied → Z boson ⓘ
DØ → studied → Z boson ⓘ
CDF Collaboration → studies → Z boson ⓘ
Boson → includes → Z boson ⓘ
ALEPH → studiedObject → Z boson ⓘ
subject linked to: Apparatus for LEP Physics