| The Standard Model | ||||||||
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C h a r g e  | 
Elementary particles and antiparticles | C h a r g e  | 
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| Fermions (spin 1/2) | Bosons | Antifermions (spin 1/2) | ||||||
| Quarks (interact by strong force) | (spin 1) | Antiquarks (interact by strong force) | ||||||
| `+2/3` | 1968   2.0 MeV up  | 
1974   1.29 GeV charm  | 
1995   172.9 GeV top  | 
1905   0 eV photon EM force  | 
172.9 GeV antitop  | 
1.29 GeV anticharm  | 
2.0 MeV antiup  | 
`-2/3` | 
| `-1/3` | 1968   4.8 MeV down  | 
1968   100 MeV strange  | 
1977   4.2 GeV bottom  | 
1978   0 eV gluon strong force  | 
4.2 GeV antibottom  | 
100 MeV antistrange  | 
4.8 MeV antidown  | 
`+1/3` | 
| Leptons | Antileptons | |||||||
| 0 | 1956   <2.2 eV electronneutrino  | 
1962   <0.17 MeV muon neutrino  | 
2000   <15.5 MeV tauneutrino  | 
1983   91.2 GeV Z boson weak force  | 
<15.5 MeV anti \(\tau\) neutrino  | 
<0.17 MeV anti \(\mu\) neutrino  | 
<2.2 eV anti \(e\) neutrino  | 
0 | 
| `-1` | 1897   0.511 MeV electron  | 
1936   105.7 MeV muon  | 
1975   1.777 GeV tau  | 
1983   80.4 GeV W boson weak force  | 
1.777 GeV antitau  | 
105.7 MeV antimuon  | 
0.511 MeV positron  | 
`+1` | 
| 0 |  A new particle, consistent with the Higgs boson, was announced 4th of July 2012 Mass unit GeV is short for GeV/c2 ≈ 1.783×10-24 g  | 
2012   125.3 GeV Higgs boson  | 
 The graviton is another
(hypothetical) particle that is postulated to mediate the force of gravitation The graviton, if it exists, would be a spin 2 boson  | 
0 | ||||
| Compound particles and antiparticles | |||||
| Hadrons (held together by strong force) | Antihadrons (held together by strong force) | ||||
| Baryons (spin 1/2) three quarks  | 
Mesons (spin 1) quark-antiquark  | 
Antimesons quark-antiquark  | 
Antibaryons three antiquarks  | 
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| `+1` | 1917     938.3 MeV proton \(uud\)  | 
1947     139.6 MeV pion \(u\bar d\)  | 
139.6 MeV antipion \(\bar u d\)  | 
938.3 MeV antiproton \(\bar u\bar u\bar d\)  | 
`-1` | 
| 0 | 1932     939.6 MeV neutron \(udd\)  | 
1947     493.7 MeV kaon \(d\bar s\)  | 
493.7 MeV antikaon \(\bar d\! s\)  | 
939.6 MeV antineutron \(\bar u\bar d\!\bar d\)  | 
0 | 
| \(\vdots\) many more  | 
\(\vdots\) many more  | 
\(\vdots\) many more  | 
\(\vdots\) many more  | 
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     Protons and neutrons 
each contain three quarks that are held together by the strong force \(\implies\) atomic nuclei also held together by the strong force; from atomic nuclei and electrons \(\implies\) atoms held together by the electro-magnetic force, absorb or emit photons \(\implies\) periodic table of elements \(\implies\) molecules held together by the electro-magnetic force \(\implies\) matter, planets, stars, solar systems and galaxies held together by gravitational force  | 
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| Peter Jipsen, Chapman University, July 2012, information from Wikipedia, symbols by MathJax | |||||