What are force carriers and how do they cause the interactions between particles?

Question

I'm so confused! Where exactly do force carriers come from? Do they come from the decay of other particles? If so, how does that cause an interaction? ahhh..

Answer 1

ok i'll start by addressing how they work..the simplest way i can explain it is this: Think of it like a game of catch. Two particles start throwing a force particle back and forth...the exchange of the force particle between the 2 creates the force acting on them. For a real physics example, when a particle emits a W Boson, one of the force carriers of the weak nuclear force, the charge and spin of the emitting particle can be raised or lowered by 1 depending on the charge of the W Boson, which can either be + or - ...the other force carrier particles act in the same way...i hope this helps a little...it is a wierd concept and took me a while to get too...if you want to read up on the W boson you can start with the link below, and from there can link to all kinds of other information about the gauge particles (which is what the force carrying particles are called)...and i have included the link tp the gauge boson page as well...there are only 4 types, photons, W and Z bosons, and gluons...

Answer 2

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