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Meanings of w and z bosons in English

Russian
w- и z-бозоны
Portuguese
bosões w e z
Spanish
boson w y z
Catalan
bosons w i z

Elementary particles; gauge bosons that mediate the weak interaction.

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w- и z-бозоны
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Examples for "w or z boson"
Examples for "w or z boson"
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We select events with a final state composed of a W or Z boson and a jet consistent with a heavy object decay.
Pubmed
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Events with a hadronic jet with the jet mass consistent with a W or Z boson, and with large missing transverse momentum are analyzed.
Pubmed
3
In addition, cross section limits on the anomalous production of W or Z bosons with large missing transverse momentum are set in two fiducial regions.
Pubmed
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This intimate connection is required by the symmetries; it also dictates the rate at which Higgs bosons decay into pairs of W or Z bosons.
The Guardian
Usage of w and z bosons in English
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And anyway, what about the W and Z bosons?
Corduroy mansions
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The discovery of higher-mass W and Z bosons would shed important new light on these interactions.
BBC
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These are heavier versions of the W and Z bosons, which are responsible for weak interactions.
BBC
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The reason for the difference is the mass of the W and Z bosons, which carry the weak force.
The Guardian
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"The W and Z bosons?" she repeated.
Corduroy mansions