weak force
Radioactive transformation mechanism
The weak force is one of the four fundamental forces of nature, responsible for certain types of radioactive decay and nuclear reactions.
Unlike the strong force that holds atomic nuclei together, the weak force operates at extremely short ranges and causes particles to transform into other particles, as when a neutron decays into a proton.
It plays a crucial role in the nuclear fusion that powers stars, including the sun.
Uncharged, near-massless particle
- quarkFundamental matter particle
- leptonFundamental particle without strong interactions
- muonFleeting charged lepton
- tauGreek nineteenth letter
electron · positron · antineutrino · fermions · Higgs boson · pion · neutron · proton
Radioactive nucleon transformation process
- transmutationComplete change of form
- half-lifePeriod for fifty-percent reduction
- radioactivitySpontaneous nuclear decay
- carbon-14 datingIsotope-based age measurement
neutrino
Uncharged, near-massless particle
- quarkFundamental matter particle
- leptonFundamental particle without strong interactions
- muonFleeting charged lepton
tau · electron · positron · antineutrino · fermions · Higgs boson · pion · neutron · proton
beta decay
Radioactive nucleon transformation process
- transmutationComplete change of form
- half-lifePeriod for fifty-percent reduction
- radioactivitySpontaneous nuclear decay
standard model
Accepted reference framework
supernova
Exploding massive star
- neutron starUltradense stellar remnant
- forcesgravity, electromagnetism, thrust, drag, friction
- Fundamental Physicsgravity, electromagnetism, fundamental forces, photon, gluon
- particle physicsquark, quarks, lepton, leptons, boson
- beta decaybeta particle, beta radiation, electron emission, antineutrino, neutrino
- Weak ForceW boson, beta decay
- Neutrinosantineutrino, antineutrinos
weak forcestrong force
Subatomic binding interaction
strong nuclear force · gravity · electromagnetism · electromagnetic force · gravitational force
weak, force, weaken, weakness, weakened, weakening, weakling, weakly, weakens