gauge boson

Definitions of gauge boson
  1. noun
    a particle that mediates the interaction of two elementary particles
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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
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