force carrier
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Any of four elementary particles that mediate one of the four fundamental forces. Force carriers are bosons.
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The dark photon is a hypothetical hidden sector particle, proposed as a force carrier similar to the photon of electromagnetism but potentially connected to dark matter.
From Science Daily
This form of dark matter is able to interact with “dark radiation,” which acts as force carrier between the dark matter particles, creating an outward pressure on the dark matter.
From Scientific American
In QCD, though, the force carrier, the gluon, also carries a color charge and can interact through the strong force with itself and with quarks.
From Scientific American
Everything you've ever touched is made of elements that are made of atoms that are made entirely of up quarks and down quarks — along with electrons and force carrier particles holding them together.
From Salon
Mr. Trump soon warned on Twitter that as president he would force Carrier, then part of the conglomerate United Technologies, to reverse its decision.
From New York Times
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