FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES
Fundamental particles are the smallest things scientists have discovered. So far, no-one has been able to split them into smaller pieces. Everything else is made of combinations of these particles.
Learn about:
FERMIONS |
BOSONS |
QUARKS |
HIGGS |
LEPTONS |
FORCE |
ANTI-QUARKS |
PHOTONS |
ANTI-LEPTONS |
TEST |
FERMIONS
Fermions are particles that cannot exist
together if they have identical properties.
PARTICLES
QUARKS
There are six flavors of Quarks: Up, Down,
Strange, Charm, Top and Bottom.
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LEPTONS
There are six types of Leptons: Electron,
Muon, Tau, Electron-Neutrino, Muon-Neutrino
and Tau-Neutrino.
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ANTI-PARTICLES
ANTI-QUARKS
There are six Anti-Quarks: Anti-Up,
Anti-Down, Anti-Strange, Anti-Charm,
Anti-Top and Anti-Bottom.
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ANTI-LEPTONS
There are six types of Anti-Leptons:
Anti-Electron, Anti-Muon, Anti-Tau,
Anti-Electron-Neutrino, Anti-Muon-Neutrino
and Anti-Tau-Neutrino.
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BOSONS
Bosons are particles that can group together even if they have exactly identical properties.
THE HIGGS BOSON
The Higgs Boson is a particle that appears when the Higgs field is excited. The Higgs field is hypothesized to be present everywhere in space and is what gives things the property of mass.
FORCE CARRIER PARTICLES
ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCE
PHOTONS
The carrier of the electromagnetic force is called the photon. We know it in our big world as light. Particles with either positive or negative electric charge are affected by this force. (Click on the pictures to learn more!)
WEAK FORCE
W's AND Z's
The W and Z bosons, or generally known as the weak bosons, carry the weak force.
STRONG FORCE
GLUONS
Gluons mediate the strong force. There are 8 types of Gluons.
