W particle

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W particle: Facts & Related Content

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Facts

Also Known As	W boson • W-meson

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Topics

Z particle weak interaction meson intermediate vector boson J/psi particle quark

Key People

Carlo Rubbia

Italian physicist

Simon van der Meer

Dutch physicist