weak nuclear force

Leptons and quarks interact {weak nuclear force}|. Quarks and leptons have left-handed and right-handed spin states. Weak forces act on one or the other. For example, left-handed down quark can become up quark, making neutron into proton, electron, and neutrino {radioactive beta decay}. Right-handed down quarks have no change.

antiparticles

Particles that are right-handed or left-handed have weak nuclear force, but their antiparticles do not have weak force.

bosons

Weak-force W-particle and Z-particle bosons can come from vacuum with no conservation, except at very high energy.

distance

Weak nuclear force acts over less than 10^-16 centimeters.

strength

Weak nuclear force is 10^34 times stronger than gravity.

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Date Modified: 2022.0224