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[edit]Besides a link to our article electroweak interaction that mentions the B-boson without telling anything about it, we have no article about this boson. Why?
I'm eager to know some basic data about it, e.g. mass, electric charge, spin, isospin, stability, experiments trying to detect it, and likewise. But... nothing? HOTmag (talk) 16:27, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
You'll find it at B meson.Sorry, although the B meson is a boson, it is not the beast that's mentioned in electroweak interaction. --Wrongfilter (talk) 17:23, 22 September 2024 (UTC)- What a pity. HOTmag (talk) 08:57, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- The B-boson isn’t a well-known particle in the standard model of particle physics. Are you thinking of the Higgs boson that was discovered in 2012? Philvoids (talk) 08:47, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- No, I'm looking for basic data (e.g. mass charge spin isospin parity etc.) of the B-boson mentioned in our article electroweak interaction. HOTmag (talk) 08:57, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- The thing is that the B boson doesn't exist as an entity in our Universe. It "exists" before symmetry breaking, but since our world has a broken symmetry the observable bosons are the Z0 and the photon instead of the W3 and B. As the B cannot be observed, many of your questions are moot. --Wrongfilter (talk) 09:07, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- Got it. HOTmag (talk) 09:31, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- The thing is that the B boson doesn't exist as an entity in our Universe. It "exists" before symmetry breaking, but since our world has a broken symmetry the observable bosons are the Z0 and the photon instead of the W3 and B. As the B cannot be observed, many of your questions are moot. --Wrongfilter (talk) 09:07, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- No, I'm looking for basic data (e.g. mass charge spin isospin parity etc.) of the B-boson mentioned in our article electroweak interaction. HOTmag (talk) 08:57, 23 September 2024 (UTC)