electroweak theory
[ih-
lek
-troh-week]
/ɪˈlɛk troʊˌwik/
noun
,
Physics.
1.
a gauge theory that unifies quantum electrodynamics with the theory of weak interactions.
Also called
Salam-Weinberg theory
,
Weinberg-Salam theory
.
Compare
intermediate vector boson
.
Origin
1975-80;
electro-
+
weak
; alternate name after U.S. physicist Steven
Weinberg
(born 1933) and Pakistani physicist Abdus
Salam
(born 1926)
Examples from the web for
electroweak theory
Theoretically, top's existence was required to make the
electroweak theory
internally consistent.