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Subject: Theoretical Force carrying bosons
Date: 5 Apr 2024 07:00:41 GMT
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The four "forces" are electromagnetic, weak, strong and (possibly) 
gravitational. These forces have fields mediated by the bosons photon, 
W/Z, gluon and (theoretically) graviton respectively. At least some have 
'charges' such that a particle with a nonzero charge will apply force to 
other charged particles via virtual boson interchange. The properties of 
the field depends on the spin of the mediating boson, the first three 
are spin-1 so have a vector to describe interactions, while the 
theoretical graviton is spin-2 and interactions are via the 2D 
stress-energy tensor.

My question is, assume there is a massless (or very tiny mass, not 
massive like W/Z) boson with spin-0 which mediates a new force. Its 
field 'tensor' would be zero-dimensional or just a scalar. What would 
this mean on a macroscopic scale? I guess each point in space would have 
a simple value in response to a nearby charge, not a vector like EM.

How about a spin-3 (or more!) boson? Spin-3 would imply a 3D tensor 
defining its field's properties. Again what macroscopic properties would 
a field mediated by a spin-3 boson have? I know this is vague since the 
only property is the spin of the mediating boson but this must imply 
certain properties come from this, but what?

Also how are the number of charges defined? Emag has + and - quantized. 
The strong force seems to have 6 possible charges? (three 'colors' and 
three 'anticolors') Gravity seemingly has one, mass(energy). I read that 
weak charge exists, but it really can't provide a force because its 
massive bosons create an extremely short range. Is there some 
theoretical property that defines the number of charges?

What causes a boson to be a force carrier/field quantization anyway? 
I've wondered if the Higgs boson could be the mediator of an extremely 
short ranged (because of its large mass) scalar 'force' and it seems 
that the Higgs-defined mass of particles could be its associated 
'charge'. Is this all nonsense?