U
UA1 detector, CERN 70
ultraviolet radiation 23, 110
universe:
dark matter 116–17, 121
expansion of 20, 41, 82,
112–13, 114
extra dimensions 5, 128–9
matter and antimatter 45,
102–5, 126–8
origins of 111–15
scale of 12–13 see also Big
Bang; fundamental
forces; neutrinos
up quarks 37, 38, 39, 40, 45,
95, 96, 98, 99
uranium 4, 42, 83
W
W bosons 87–9, 90, 110, 124
W particle 70
water 1, 74, 107
wavelengths 22–7, 39
weak force 5, 6, 8, 10, 58–9, 70,
81, 123, 127
carriers 87–90, 101, 114,
118, 124
neutrons and protons 83–4
slowness of solar burning
109–10, 124 see also beta
decay
Wells, H. G. 129
wino 119
wire spark chambers 70–1
X
X-ray crystallography 24
X-rays 23, 24, 26, 64
Y
Yukawa, Hideki 45
Z
Z bosons 87–9, 90, 101,
114, 124
zino 119
148
Particle Physics