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gauge boson

force carrier, a bosonic particle that carries any of the fundamental interactions of nature, commonly called forces
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Summary

gauge boson is a type of quantum particle[1]. It draws 1,649 Wikipedia views per month (type of quantum particle category, ranking #37 of 125).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: elementary boson[3], force carrier[4]
  • Interaction: gravity[5], strong interaction[6], weak interaction[7], electromagnetic interaction[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Gauge bosons[9]
  • Spin quantum number: 1[10]
  • Has superpartner: gaugino[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12]

Why It Matters

gauge boson has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu. hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
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    Has superpartner → gaugino
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007555510605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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