The Standard Model | ||||||||
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 |