messenger particle

messenger particle
messenger particle,
Physics. any subatomic particle that transmits a fundamental force of nature. The graviton, photon, gluon, and weakon are messenger particles. »

The four forces are transported across the space between particles by pointlike quanta, or bundles of energy, which serve as messenger particles (Robert H. March).


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