One possibility is that weak force lifeforms will be unable to exist outside of a neutron star. This, if it exists, will be buried deep in the technical literature. Although there could be experts who have considered the interactions inside neutron stars to be able to have a good idea of what they are. However, what kind of nuclear chemistry would be necessary to sustain weak force creatures is effectively beyond current knowledge. Inside a neutron star matter will be within range of the weak force. There is only environment where matter could be readily accessible to organisms with such a short range. What environment could sustain such weak force organisms especially since the range of the weak force is so extremely short. Sometimes the obvious can easily escape one's attention. In summary, this answer agrees with the proposition that: "Weak force lifeforms would be creatures unlike anything we can readily imagine." The fact alone that the range of the weak force is limited to 10^-17 metres and they don't bind anything together in the material sense suggests weak force organisms would have to be extremely small, of sizes far less than 10^-17 metres, probably several orders of magnitude less, in fact, and they would need some other force to hold them together. These processes, such as radioactive beta decay and the decay of the free neutron, all involve neutrinos. They appear in certain kinds of nuclear collisions or decay processes which, for whatever reason, cannot be mediated by the strong, electromagnetic or gravitational interactions. They are so weak that unlike other forces, they don't seem to play a role in actually holding anything together. Weak forces are believed to operate only at subnuclear ranges, less than 10^-17 meter. Weak force lifeforms would be creatures unlike anything we can readily imagine. It is doubtful your weak force xenobionts could be composed of any elements or atomic matter.
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