Forces Flashcards
1
Q
Describe the electromagnetic force?
A
-Affects charged particles
-Attractive or Repulsive
-Virtual photon gauge boson
2
Q
Describe the Gravity force?
A
-Affects all particles with mass (matter)
-Always attractive
-Graviton gauge boson
3
Q
Describe the Strong Nuclear force?
A
-Attracts Nucleons
-Attractive and Repulsive
-range less than 3-4 fm
-attractive above 0.5 fm
-Repulsive below 0.5 fm
-Gluon or pion gauge bosons
4
Q
Describe weak nuclear force?
A
-If leptons are involved then the force must be the weak force.
-W+ , W- gauge boson