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a gauge theory that unifies quantum electrodynamics with the theory of weak interactions. Also called Salam-Weinberg theory, Weinberg-Salam theory . Cf. intermediate vector boson .
[ 1975-80; ELECTRO- + WEAK; alternate name after U.S. physicist Steven Weinberg (born 1933) and Pakistani physicist Abdus Salam (born 1926) ]