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z-boson
A gauge boson with no electric charge. It mediates the weak neutral current. It was studied in spectacular detailed by experiments at LEP and the SLC.
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zeus
An experiment located at the DESY laboratory. ZEUS uses the electron-proton collider called HERA. For more information, see: http://www-zeus.desy.de/.
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weak neutral current
A very weak interaction that is independent of the electric charge of a particle. Particles can exchange energy through this mechanism, but other characteristics of the particles remain unchanged. This force is mediated by the Z-boson.
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wimp
(Weakly Interacting Massive Particle): These as yet undiscovered particles are a leading candidate for dark matter.
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wipp
This underground cavern, located in Carlsbad, New Mexico, is a storage site for nuclear waste. It is also a proposed location for a National Underground Sciences Laboratory.
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uno
A proposed Cherenkov detector experiment to search for proton decay, and neutrino oscillations.
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veto detector
A veto detector is used for eliminating possible false signals in an experiment. When a false signal has a notable feature, a veto detector can be built to look for that feature. In this way, when the veto detector registers a signal, the data associated with that signal can be flagged, and removed from the subsequent analysis.
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tevatron
A 2 TeV proton on anti-proton collider that operates at Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois. The top quark was discovered using this accelerator.
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trilinear coupling
The strength of an interaction involving three particles. In the case where all three particles are identical, it is known as the trilinear self-coupling.
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tev
1012 electron volts
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