Widdekind Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 if matter (electron) and anti-matter (anti-neutrino) can interconvert, to charged pions, via charged W bosons [math]e^- + \bar{\nu} \leftrightarrow W^- \leftrightarrow \pi^-[/math] (does anybody disagree w/ the above reactions?) and if matter (electron) and anti-matter (positron) can interconvert, to neutral pions [math]e^+ + e^- + \gamma \leftrightarrow \pi^0[/math] (does anybody disagree w/ the above reactions?) then why couldn't the neutral W boson be involved? W bosons seem to be the pathways by which Fermions can interconvert, to-and-from Leptons & Hadrons. Is that true ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 What neutral W? I know of the W± and Z0And if there was one, AFAIK it wouldn't decay into gammas, which require the electromagnetic interaction. The W mediates weak interactions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widdekind Posted September 20, 2013 Author Share Posted September 20, 2013 can you conceptualize, a charged W boson, as some sort of "crash zone", between matter and anti-matter ? [math]e^- + \bar{\nu} \longrightarrow W^-[/math] could you correctly claim, that the matter electron collided with the antimatter anti-neutrino, into a "crash zone complex", embodied by the charged W boson ? If so, seemingly W bosons represent what occurs, when antimatter and matter encounter and collide and combine... -------------------- can the following occur: [math]e^- + e^+ \longrightarrow Z^0[/math] ? Symmetry would suggest: [math]e^- + \bar{\nu} \longrightarrow W^-[/math] [math]e^+ + \nu \longrightarrow W^+[/math] [math]e^- + e^+ \longrightarrow W^0[/math] But according to the Electro-Weak theory, [math]W^0 \rightarrow Z^0[/math] (Weinberg mixing angle, etc.)... so could and electron & positron "crash" into a [math]Z^0[/math] boson ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widdekind Posted September 20, 2013 Author Share Posted September 20, 2013 electrons + antielectrons <----> Z0 evidently couple together, during decays of Higgs bosons (according to the book by Jim Baggott, Higgs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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