Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoe From: rjnoe@ihlts.UUCP Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Z0 particle Message-ID: <148@ihlts.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Jun-83 13:26:35 EDT Article-I.D.: ihlts.148 Posted: Tue Jun 14 13:26:35 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Jun-83 22:04:59 EDT Lines: 10 Do I feel silly. Of *course* I remember what the Z0-particle is. It is the neutral "sister" particle to the charged W-particles W+ and W-, all three of which are intermediate vector bosons, the "carriers" of the weak nuclear force. The apparent discovery of the Z0 (W+ and W- were apparently discovered earlier this year, also at CERN) caps the theory which unifies the weak force with the electromagnetic force. I think they said the mass of the Z0 is equivalent to about 85 GeV. I cannot wait to see their paper. Roger Noe ...ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoe