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Gauge boson

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Summary

A bosonic quantum associated with a gauge field: photons, gluons, and the WW and ZZ bosons in the Standard Model.

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BosonGauge boson

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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.

Authored explanation

Photons, gluons, and WW and ZZ particles are gauge bosons.

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Elementary particleGauge boson

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The Standard Model gauge bosons are elementary field quanta.

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Gauge bosonGluon

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Gluons are the gauge bosons of QCD.

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Gauge bosonPhoton

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The photon is the gauge boson of electromagnetism.

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Gauge bosonWW boson

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W+W^+ and Wβˆ’W^- are massive charged weak gauge bosons.

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Gauge bosonZZ boson

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The ZZ is the massive neutral weak gauge boson.

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