Elementary particles: quarks, leptons, and bosons
IN BRIEF Elementary particles: fundamental units of matter. Quarks: components of protons and neutrons, grouped into hadrons. Leptons: particles like electrons, without color charge. Standard model: theoretical framework encompassing particles and their interactions. Bosons: mediators of fundamental forces (for example, the Higgs boson). Classification of particles into fermions (quarks and leptons) and bosons. Particle interaction: … Read more