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Boson

Boson. -A subatomic particle, that has zero or integral spin -Force carrier -Has even mass. Background Info. Initially theorized in 1964 Tentatively confirmed to exist March 14, 2013 Named after Peter Higgs, one of six physicists who, in 1964, proposed the mechanism that suggested existence.

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Boson

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  1. Boson -A subatomic particle, that has zero or integral spin -Force carrier -Has even mass

  2. Background Info • Initially theorized in 1964 • Tentatively confirmed to exist March 14, 2013 • Named after Peter Higgs, one of six physicists who, in 1964, proposed the mechanism that suggested existence

  3. The “God Particle” • Said to be what caused the “Big Bang” -Trigger that set off the fuse of the Big Bang • Gave rise to all living things **Flame demo • Flame: Early universe- too hot to for anything (protons, electrons, atoms) to exist • Smoke: Expanding and cooling to what earth is like today. We are the smoke.

  4. Photon • Quantum electrodynamics • Elementary particle • Force carrier for the electromagnetic force • Easily observable at both microscopic and macroscopic levels • Has no rest mass so it travels at the speed of light when in a vacuum • Gradually developed by Albert Einstein to explain experimental observations that did not fit the classical wave model of light.

  5. Gluons • Exchange particles for the strong force the strong force holds protons, neutrons, and quarks together • Carries a color charge that affects quarks • 8 different gluons • Confinement • Colored particles always appear with white particles

  6. W Boson • The W Boson is one of five particles that transmit the fundamental forces of nature. • The W boson comes I positively and negatively charged varieties. • They collaborate with the electrically neutral Z boson, to cause a force known as the weak interaction. • The W boson is HUGE! Which means its effects are very short range and very weak at everyday energies. • The W boson can change the nature of an interacting particle. It can turn an down quark into an up quark.

  7. Z boson • The Z boson is a heavy particle that is one of the carriers of the weak force. • The Z boson was first discovered as an intermediary of a new type neutrino reaction. This was the missing piece of the puzzle in which the forces created by the W bosons fit together with the force of electromagnetism, due to the photon.

  8. Works cited • http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/03/14/f-god-particle-higgs-boson-why-matters.html

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