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Exchange particle

Exchange particles are particles with integer spin (bosons) that mediate a fundamental force.

They are, for electromagnetism, the photon, for weak nuclear interaction, the Boson Z and W boson, for strong interaction, the gluon, and for gravity, the hypothesized graviton.

(Maybe a table would be better?)

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