Open AccessOn The Bosons’ Range of the Weak Interaction
Author(s) -
Antonio Puccini
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of advances in physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2347-3487
DOI - 10.24297/jap.v14i3.7631
Subject(s) - physics , boson , weak interaction , lepton , quark , gauge boson , particle physics , range (aeronautics) , fermion , quantum electrodynamics , quantum number , quantum mechanics , limit (mathematics) , nuclear physics , gauge theory , electron , mathematical analysis , materials science , mathematics , composite material
As known the Weak Nuclear Force or Weak Interaction(WI) acts between quarks (Qs) and leptons. The action of the WI is mediated by highly massive gauge bosons. How does a nuclear Q emit such a massive particle, approximately 16000 or 40000 times its mass? Who provides so much energy to a up Q or a down Q? However, it must be considered that according to Quantum Mechanics it is possible to loan temporarily some energy, but to a precise and binding condition, established by the Uncertainty Principle: the higher the energy borrowed, the shorter the duration of the loan. Our calculations show that the maximum distance these bosons can travel, i.e. the upper limit of their range, corresponds to 1.543×10-15 [cm] for particles W+ and W- and 1.36×10-15[cm] for Z° particles.