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l’interaction électrofaible

English translation: electroweak interaction


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French term or phrase:l’interaction électrofaible
English translation:electroweak interaction
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Science - Physics
French term or phrase: l’interaction électrofaible
Hi!

Am stuck for the English equivalent for this term. I am not a specialist in this area at all and need to make sure that I use the correct term so any help would be much appreciated!!

Thank you in advance for your help.
Kate Larabie
Congo
Local time: 10:01
electroweak interaction
Explanation:
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Note added at 5 mins (2009-05-06 20:47:37 GMT)
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This is a unified description of electromagnetic and weak interactions (introduced by Salam, Weinberg and Glashow)
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Anton Konashenok
Israel
Local time: 10:01
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5 +7electroweak interaction
Anton Konashenok
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This Wiki article might be of some interest...
Tony M

  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
electroweak interaction


Explanation:
.

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Note added at 5 mins (2009-05-06 20:47:37 GMT)
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This is a unified description of electromagnetic and weak interactions (introduced by Salam, Weinberg and Glashow)

Anton Konashenok
Israel
Local time: 10:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Raya Mansour
5 mins
  -> Merci
agree  Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.: A very strong agree for electroweak interaction! // None whatsoever!
41 mins
  -> There is no alternative :-)
agree  Dr Lofthouse: Unified agreement !
5 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  Michael Watson: Couldn't be anything else.
8 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  Terry Richards
9 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  chris collister: There's a synonym for most things, but not in this case!
10 hrs
  -> Exactly my point, thanks!
agree  Trinh Do: electrically weak interaction
14 hrs
  -> Sorry, no, this is absolutely wrong from the physical point of view.
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13 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: This Wiki article might be of some interest...

Reference information:
Electroweak interaction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In particle physics, the electroweak interaction is the unified description of two of the four fundamental interactions of nature: electromagnetism and the ...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroweak_interaction

Tony M
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Martin Cassell: cf. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interaction_électrofaible
50 mins
  -> Thanks, Martin!
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