W boson
WEpicReal particle, observed in experiments
Fact from the codex
Carries the weak force and makes radioactive beta decay possible. Discovered at CERN in 1983.
Data
- Appears from ring
- Ring 1 · LHC ring
- Rarity
- Epic
- Mass
- 80.36 GeV
- Threshold
- 80.36 GeV
- Base rate
- 0.5 %
- Boosted by
- Tracker
- Resonance
- Tunable as a resonance from ring 7
- Source
- PDG 2026, Review of Particle Physics, Summary Tables (pdg.lbl.gov/2026)
27 km circumference
per collision, before threshold factor and detector boost
×1.12 frequency per level (+12 %)
