electroweak interaction

/ ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈwiːk /

noun

1. physics a type of fundamental interaction combining both the electromagnetic interaction and the weak interaction See also electromagnetic interaction weak interaction

Example Sentences

Working independently, they described how two of the four fundamental interactions of nature — electromagnetism and the so-called weak nuclear force, which is responsible for radioactive decay — could have emerged from what is known as the electroweak interaction, as the early universe expanded and cooled to lower energies.

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