The photon carries the electromagnetic force. The gluon carries the strong force. One force from the exchange pattern is still missing its carrier: the weak force.
The exchange sentence repeats one more time, with a twist. The weak force fits the same sentence, but it has two exchange particles, not one.
The weak force acts on all matter particles, quarks and leptons alike. So W and Z bosons can pass between any of them.
You saw that the weak force can change one type of particle into another. When a neutron changes into a proton, a W boson carries that interaction.
Careful with the letter W. In this topic it names a particle, the W boson. It does not mean work, and it does not mean the watt.
A neutron changes into a proton. Which boson carries this interaction?
Only the weak force changes one type of particle into another.
A particle-changing weak interaction is carried by the W boson.
A W boson carries the interaction.
Which two bosons carry the weak nuclear force?
Which particles can interact by exchanging W and Z bosons?
Which force does the Z boson carry?
The weak force changes one type of particle into another. Which boson carries that interaction?
Which statement about the Z boson is correct?
A neutrino and a quark exert a force on each other by exchanging a Z boson. Which force is this?