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Two Particles Interact Through the Weak Force by Exchanging a Z

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Two particles interact through the weak force by exchanging a Z boson,which has a rest mass of 91 GeV/c2.If energy fluctuations given by the Heisenberg uncertainty principle which produced the Z boson allow it to exist only for short times,estimate the maximum range of the weak force.


A) 4 * 10-22 m
B) 3 * 10-20 m
C) 2 * 10-18 m
D) 6 * 10-16 m
E) 7 * 10-14 m

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