Physics A-Level
Exchange particles and Feynman diagrams
What Exchange particles and Feynman diagrams means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Exchange particles and Feynman diagrams
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The W⁻ boson is the exchange particle mediating the weak interaction, and it then decays into an electron and an antineutrino.
Topics that use Exchange particles and Feynman diagrams
- Quarks and antiquarks (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Antiquarks
- Baryon number
- Baryons
- Conservation laws in particle decays
- Mesons
- Quark properties
- Quarks
- Strangeness
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