gauge boson

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gluon

a gauge boson that mediates strong interaction among quarks

graviton

a gauge boson that mediates the (extremely weak) gravitational interactions between particles

intermediate vector boson

a gauge boson that mediates weak interactions between particles

photon

a quantum of electromagnetic radiation; an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle

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boson

any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle; all nuclei with an even mass number are bosons