elementary particle
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A Z boson is a neutral elementary particle associated with the weak force.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
In the late 1960s and early 1970s it was realized that these phase transitions can be described by the same kind of quantum field theory that had already been developed to understand elementary particle physics.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 25, 2023
Answering these questions is the work of elementary particle physics.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
Much of the production’s overall character came from the vibrancy of South Africa, and particularly the extraordinary dancer Dada Masilo, who mirrored Kentridge’s purpose, in part, by becoming the manifestation of a supercharged elementary particle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2017
Our familiar universe of galaxies and stars, planets and people, would be a single elementary particle in the next universe up, the first step of another infinite regress.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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