What are (weak forceZ,weak forceW,photon and glueon) called?

Question

i saw it on a chart.

also why is glueon and photon listed seperately if gluens cause photon and neutron to bind in the atomic nuclei ?

i learn from this site and no i haven't had a physic class and my questions aren't intended to seem stupid, they are sincere.

fermions,usually related to matter

bosons related to radiation

to me thats mass and light i'm looking for the other two related to sound and taste/smell (what are they)

Answer 1

They are called 'gauge bosons', the carriers of the elementary forces (as Mistress Bekki has more than amazingly explained).

Answer 2

The Z, W+, W- are the exchange particles that mediate the weak force.

The photon mediates the EM force.

The gluon mediates the strong force.

The Z,W+, and W- are grouped together because they are collectively responsible for the weak interaction.

Gluons have nothing to do with photons.  You probably meant to write "protons and neutrons" in the nuclei.

Being a fermion or a boson (all of the exchange particles are bosons) has nothing to do with being radiation or matter (which is kind of an artificial distinction anyway).  It has to do with the spin (inherent angular momentum) of the particle.  Bosons have spin that is an integer times h-bar.  Fermions have spin that is a half-integer times h-bar.  Being a fermion or being a boson impacts the statistical properties of groups of particles in profound ways.

If you want to talk about sound, you leave the realm of particle physics and go to solid state.  They sometimes talk about "phonons" which are very roughly like quanta of sound in a solid.  Taste and smell have to do with chemical receptors in your tongue and nose--a bit outside the realm of physics.

--Kevin, good assist--I spent about 2 minutes wracking my brain trying to make that word come out, but it wouldn't cause it was stuck behind some obscure calculation