electroweak interaction

Unified description of electromagnetism and the weak interaction

Also known as electroweak force · electroweak theory

Instance of: fundamental interaction
Subclass of: elementary particle interaction

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In particle physics, the electroweak interaction or electroweak force is the unified description of two of the fundamental interactions of nature: electromagnetism (electromagnetic interaction), and the weak interaction. Although these two forces appear very different at everyday low energies, the theory models them as two different aspects of the same force. Above the unification energy, on the order of 246 GeV, they would merge into a single force. Thus, if the temperature is high enough – approximately 1015 K – then the electromagnetic force and weak force merge into a combined electroweak force.

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Union of: list of values as qualifiers list item: electromagnetic interaction, weak interaction
Studied by: Weinberg-Salam theory

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