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History of Science and Technology Q&A for Kids and Others (March 24, 2021)

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

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Neutral Currents Are Not Observed

The w particle was finally observed in the 19 eighties, and has a mass of about 65 times the mass of a proton. Neutral currents had not been observed in ordinary particle. The best way to observe a neutral current would be by a reaction that involved nutrinos. Changing neutral currents would have led to decay processes, which were not observed.

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