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ゲージ粒子 (geejiryuushi) Japanese meaning: gauge boson | Kotomora

ゲージ粒りゅう子し

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Meanings

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gauge boson

Technical term in particle physics for force-carrying particles such as photons, gluons, and W/Z bosons.

光こう子しは電でん磁じ気き力りょくを媒ばい介かいするゲージ粒

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The photon is the gauge boson that mediates the electromagnetic force.

Kanji

粒grains, drop, counter for tiny particles
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Related words

ボース粒りゅう子し
Boson is a broader class of particles obeying Bose-Einstein statistics; gauge bosons are a subset of bosons that act as force carriers.
フェルミ粒りゅう子し
Fermions are matter particles (e.g., electrons, quarks) obeying the Pauli exclusion principle, in contrast to gauge bosons which are force carriers.

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ゲージ+粒りゅう子し

Etymology

From English 'gauge' + 粒子 (particle). The term entered Japanese physics terminology in the mid-20th century alongside quantum field theory.