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Weinberg–Salam, n. Particle Physics.|ˌwaɪnbɜːg sæˈlæm| [The names of Steven Weinberg (b. 1933), U.S. physicist, and Abdus Salam (b. 1926), Pakistani physicist.] Used attrib. with reference to the unified field theory postulated by Weinberg and Salam, also called the electroweak theory.
1974Physics Lett. B. LIII. 236/1 We want to concentrate on one of the most appealing models of weak interactions—the Weinberg–Salam model. 1986Nature 16 Oct. 595/2 The theoretical consistency of the Weinberg–Salam model requires the existence of at least one physical Higgs boson with mass {ltappr}. 1988S. W. Hawking Brief Hist. Time v. 71 The Weinberg–Salam theory exhibits a property known as spontaneous symmetry breaking. |