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W+ Boson Structure

Weak Force Carrier | Mass: 80.4 GeV/c² | Spin: 1 | Charge: +1

CPP W+ Boson Model: Massive Charged Structure

Weak Force and Flavor Change

The W+ boson mediates charged current weak interactions, enabling quarks and leptons to change flavor (e.g., up to down quark). Its large mass (80.4 GeV) explains the short range of the weak force (~10⁻¹⁸ m). In CPP, this mass arises from an extensive cage structure similar to heavy quarks. The W+ decays rapidly (lifetime ~3×10⁻²⁵ s) into lepton-neutrino or quark pairs.

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Measurements

Particle Type
Gauge Boson
Force Mediated
Weak (charged)
Mass
80.4 GeV/c²
Central CP
+qCP
Base Charge
+1
Electric Charge
+1 e
Spin
1
Lifetime
3×10⁻²⁵ s
Range
~10⁻¹⁸ m
Antiparticle
W⁻
Decay Modes
l+ν, qq̄'

Charge Structure

Mass Comparison

Decay Processes