Gauge boson

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The Staundart Model o elementary pairticles, wi the gauge bosons in the fowerth column in reid

In pairticle pheesics, a gauge boson is a force carrier, a bosonic pairticle that carries ony o the fundamental interactions o naitur.[1][2] Elementary pairticles, whose interactions are describit bi a gauge theory, interact wi ilk ither bi the exchynge o gauge bosons—uisually as virtual pairticles.

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  1. Gribbin, John (2000). Q is for Quantum – An Encyclopedia of Particle Physics. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-684-85578-X.
  2. Clark, John, E.O. (2004). The Essential Dictionary of Science. Barnes & Noble. ISBN 0-7607-4616-8.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors leet (link)