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Homework Statement
So, I got this task, which I feel either really dumb, or nobody is able to explain:
I got this question:
Z and W was discovered in 1973 at CERN, how were they produced? Include Feynman diagram and a short description.
Then there is this question: How is the Z and W produced at LHC:
Feynman diagram and short description.
The Attempt at a Solution
So, I have litterly searched for many hours and have only gotten to the point that there is proton-anti proton collision. And that makes the W by up-quark going to down-quark, and other way around.. Or a collision between quark and anti-quark. And some mentioned gluon-gluon making a top, anti-top which emitted W+ and W- going to bottom and anti-bottom.
That is litterly everything I have found related to Z and W and how they are produced. If this is enough information, or not, I have no idea. Doesn't tell me anything, and what about Z? Saying that "it's the result of proton anti-proton collision" isn't really sufficient.
And if it was proton anti-proton in 1973, and it still is, is there any difference? I feel like a retard reading about this.
Edit: It was actually that simple, at least for the W-boson. The Z is still just abstracts to me.
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