Weak nuclear force
What Weak nuclear force means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definitions of Weak nuclear force
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Reference: OCR
A force to which all leptons are subject, and which is responsible for processes such as beta decay.
A force that is responsible for beta decay and acts on quarks and leptons.
Topics that use Weak nuclear force
- Fundamental particles (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Anti-quark charge reversal
- Baryon number and strangeness
- Baryons
- Charge from quark content
- Conservation of charge
- Conservation of lepton number
- Equation balancing as a validity test
- Fractional quark charge
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