Particle Physics

Particles from the standard model of physics
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Last updated: March 15, 2017
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Particle that carries the electromagnetic force
Photon
Particle that carries the gravitational force
Graviton
Particles that carry the weak nuclear force
W Boson and Z Boson
Particle that carries the strong nuclear force
Gluon
Name for types of particles made up of 3 quarks
Baryon
Particle made up of 2 up quarks, one down quark
Proton
Particle made up of 2 down quarks, one up quark
Neutron
Composite particle made of 1 quark and 1 antiquark
Meson
Least massive, most stable charged lepton
Electron
More massive charged lepton
Muon
Most massive charged lepton
Tau
Stable lepton with opposite charge from electron
Positron
Lepton with no electric charge and very little mass
Neutrino
Boson with no spin, electric charge, or colour charge and provides the mechanism for other particles to obtain mass
Higgs Boson
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Level 47
Mar 13, 2017
tau not tao. tao is chinese not greek.
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Level 26
Mar 14, 2017
Fixed, thanks!
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Level 30
Oct 24, 2018
Can you make it show you had to answer in the yellow box? Currently, it is just naming particles
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Level 67
Dec 22, 2018
which is extremely difficult as is ! But even though I only had 4, I agree this one is a good canddate for yellow boxes. This will be a very tough quiz for most people, but if you DO know about it, it is nice to actually answer according to the descripton and not name the particles you know. (I was allways proud I knew the word quark ( and not mean the yoghurt stuff) and even upquark, there goes the last bit of my ego... haha)