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Weak interaction

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Summary

The interaction responsible for charged-current and neutral-current processes such as beta decay and neutrino scattering, described perturbatively in the Standard Model by couplings to the W±W^\pm and ZZ gauge fields.

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Electroweak theoryWeak interaction

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Authored explanation

The broken electroweak theory describes charged- and neutral-current weak interactions.

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A theory, law, or interaction describes the behavior of the target within a stated regime. The edge detail must state important limits or qualifications.

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Fundamental interactionWeak interaction

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The weak interaction is one of the four conventionally fundamental interactions.

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The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.

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Charged WW fieldsWeak interaction

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Authored explanation

The charged WW fields generate charged-current weak processes.

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A theory, law, or interaction describes the behavior of the target within a stated regime. The edge detail must state important limits or qualifications.

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ZZ fieldWeak interaction

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Authored explanation

The ZZ field generates neutral-current weak processes.

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A theory, law, or interaction describes the behavior of the target within a stated regime. The edge detail must state important limits or qualifications.

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Weak interactionBeta decay

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Beta decay is generated by charged-current weak interaction at quark level and represented by effective nucleon/nuclear currents.

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A theory, law, or interaction describes the behavior of the target within a stated regime. The edge detail must state important limits or qualifications.

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Weak interactionCharged-current weak interaction

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

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Charged-current processes are one weak-interaction channel.

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Weak interactionNeutral-current weak interaction

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Neutral-current processes are one weak-interaction channel.

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Weak interactionQuark flavor mixing

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The charged-current weak interaction changes quark flavor according to CKM amplitudes.

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A theory, law, or interaction describes the behavior of the target within a stated regime. The edge detail must state important limits or qualifications.

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Weak interactionWu parity experiment

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The asymmetric electron distribution showed that weak interactions are not invariant under spatial inversion.

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The source theory, law, entity, prediction, or structural claim is directly tested, supported, constrained, or established by the target experiment or observation. Experimental support is not final logical proof; the edge detail states exactly what was measured.

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