In 2022, a team led by Ashutosh Kotwal reported a mass for these particles with a seven-sigma discrepancy from the accepted value. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these particles. The intermediate vector bosons comprise the Z boson and the “plus” and “minus” types of these particles.
ANSWER: W bosons [accept W-plus boson or W-minus boson]
[10e] As their name suggests, W bosons are gauge bosons of this short-range fundamental interaction that gives rise to beta decay.
ANSWER: weak interaction [or weak force or weak nuclear force]
[10h] The unexpected measurement of the W bosons’ mass was based on data measured over a decade earlier at this circular particle collider. This Fermilab collider was the world’s highest-energy collider prior to the construction of the LHC.
ANSWER: Tevatron
<Joseph Krol, Science - Physics> ~20507~ <Editor: David Bass>