Electroweak Theory

GPTKB entity

Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf physical phenomenon
gptkbp:basisFor electroweak unification
gptkbp:compatibleWith gravity
strong interaction
gptkbp:describes unification of electromagnetic and weak interactions
gptkbp:energyScale ~100 GeV
gptkbp:explains gptkb:beta_decay
neutrino interactions
mass of W and Z bosons
parity violation in weak interactions
gptkbp:form gptkb:gauge_theory
gptkbp:gaugeGroup SU(2) × U(1)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Electroweak Theory
gptkbp:mediatedBy gptkb:W_boson
gptkb:Z_boson
photon
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear gptkb:1979_Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Standard_Model_of_particle_physics
gptkbp:predicts existence of W and Z bosons
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Abdus_Salam
gptkb:Sheldon_Glashow
gptkb:Steven_Weinberg
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Higgs_mechanism
Grand Unified Theory
gptkbp:symmetry spontaneous symmetry breaking
gptkbp:type gptkb:quantum_field_theory
gptkbp:uses gptkb:Higgs_field
gptkbp:verifiedBy CERN experiments
discovery of W and Z bosons in 1983
gptkbp:yearProposed 1960s
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:quantum_field_theory
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4