Elementary particle

Layer 1 — Physicsin the standard-model subtree

A particle that (as far as current experiment can resolve) has no internal substructure — the irreducible constituents of the Standard Model. Comprises the 12 fermions (6 quarks + 6 leptons), the 4 gauge bosons (photon, W±, Z, gluon), and…

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