nLab W-boson

Contents

Context

Physics

physics, mathematical physics, philosophy of physics

Surveys, textbooks and lecture notes


theory (physics), model (physics)

experiment, measurement, computable physics

Fields and quanta

fields and particles in particle physics

and in the standard model of particle physics:

force field gauge bosons

scalar bosons

matter field fermions (spinors, Dirac fields)

flavors of fundamental fermions in the
standard model of particle physics:
generation of fermions1st generation2nd generation3d generation
quarks (qq)
up-typeup quark (uu)charm quark (cc)top quark (tt)
down-typedown quark (dd)strange quark (ss)bottom quark (bb)
leptons
chargedelectronmuontauon
neutralelectron neutrinomuon neutrinotau neutrino
bound states:
mesonslight mesons:
pion (udu d)
ρ-meson (udu d)
ω-meson (udu d)
f1-meson
a1-meson
strange-mesons:
ϕ-meson (ss¯s \bar s),
kaon, K*-meson (usu s, dsd s)
eta-meson (uu+dd+ssu u + d d + s s)

charmed heavy mesons:
D-meson (uc u c, dcd c, scs c)
J/ψ-meson (cc¯c \bar c)
bottom heavy mesons:
B-meson (qbq b)
ϒ-meson (bb¯b \bar b)
baryonsnucleons:
proton (uud)(u u d)
neutron (udd)(u d d)

(also: antiparticles)

effective particles

hadrons (bound states of the above quarks)

solitons

in grand unified theory

minimally extended supersymmetric standard model

superpartners

bosinos:

sfermions:

dark matter candidates

Exotica

auxiliary fields

Contents

Idea

The W- and Z-bosons are the quanta of the electroweak field,vector boson in the standard model of particle physics.

A hypothetical high-mass cousin of the Z-boson is the Z'-boson.

References

General

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Mass discrepancy

  • CDF Collaboration, High-precision measurement of the W boson mass with the CDF II detector, Science 376 (2022) 170-176 [doi:10.1126/science.abk1781]

The following article claims that this mass discrepancy is compatible with (in fact predicted by, see footnote 3) the observed flavour anomalies:

  • Marcel Algueró, Andreas Crivellin, Claudio Andrea Manzari, Joaquim Matias, Unified Explanation of the Anomalies in Semi-Leptonic BB decays and the WW Mass, Physical Review D (2022) [arXiv:2201.08170]

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