a side question

Posted by cougar on Nov 03, 2002 at 12:44
(63.228.205.209)

Re: Split Atoms (Uncle Al)


So, Al, as you say, "The Strong Force is mediated by heavily massed gluons as vector bosons, and so has a very short range..."

Have you ever heard anyone refer to the bosons of any of the other forces as gluons? I heard someone the other day trying to assert that the W+, the W-, and the Z0 -- the mediators of the weak nuclear force -- could also be referred to as gluons. The term "gluon" is reserved for the mediators of the strong force, isn't it?

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