electroweak theory

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(i lek′trō wēk′)


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e•lec′tro•weak the′ory  (i lek′trō wēk′),USA pronunciation [Physics.]
  1. Physicsa gauge theory that unifies quantum electrodynamics with the theory of weak interactions. Also called Salam-Weinberg theory, Weinberg-Salam theory. Cf. intermediate vector boson.
  • 1975–80; electro- + weak; alternate name after U.south, southern. physicist Steven Weinberg (born 1933) and Pakistani physicist Abdus Salam (born 1926)

'electroweak theory' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Salam-Weinberg theory - Weinberg - Weinberg-Salam theory - grand unification theory - unified field theory - weak interaction

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