W boson

The W boson carries the weak force. It changes the character of particles of matter—allowing the Sun to burn and new elements to form.

21 results

How strange is the proton?

ATLAS measurements show proton has more strange quarks than previously thought

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Experiments
16 February, 2017
Experiments
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16 February, 2017

ATLAS releases first measurement of W mass using LHC data

ATLAS reports the first measurement of the W boson mass using LHC proton–proton collision data at 7 TeV

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Experiments
13 December, 2016
Experiments
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13 December, 2016

Forty years of neutral currents

On 19 July 1973, physicists working with the Gargamelle bubble chamber at CERN presented the first direct evidence of the weak neutral current

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Physics
19 July, 2013
Physics
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19 July, 2013

W boson published 30 years ago

On 24 February 1983 the journal Physics Letters B published a paper by the UA1 collaboration describing the discovery of the W boson

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Physics
25 February, 2013
Physics
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25 February, 2013

W boson published 30 years ago

On 24 February 1983 the journal <em>Physics Letters B</em> published a paper by the UA1 collaboration describing the discovery of the W boson

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Experiments
25 February, 2013
Experiments
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25 February, 2013

Carrying the weak force: Thirty years of the W boson

On 25 January 1983, CERN physicists announced to the world the discovery of the W boson, an elementary particle that carries the weak force

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Physics
25 January, 2013

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