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E L E M E N T A R Y P A R T I C L E S Wave-Particle Properties / Uncertainty Principle / Conservation Laws |
| FERMION Constitute Matter / Exclusion Principle / Spin Integral of 1/2 Anti-Particles: Opposite Charge, Same Spin, Annihilate Particles |
BOSON Produce 4 Forces / Spin Integral of 0 or 1 |
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| LEPTON Fundamental Particle Forms Matter Exist in Pairs 3 Families |
QUARK Fundamental Particle Forms Matter In Baryons & Mesons Not Free in Nature 3 Families 3 Colors - Red, Blue, Green Anti-Quarks: Cyan, Yellow, Magenta |
BARYON Composite Particle Forms Matter 3 Quarks - Color Neutral |
MESON Composite Particle Quark & Anti-Quark Charge: 0, +, or - Unstable - Annihilation |
VECTOR BOSON Fundamental Particle-Wave SOME CONSERVATION LAWS Mass-Energy: E-S-W Linear Momentum: E-S-W Angular Momentum: E-S-W Electric Charge: E-S-W Baryon #: E-S-W Lepton #: E-W Charge Conjugation: E-S Time Reversal: E-S-W? TCP: E-S-W? |
| ELECTRON Stable 1st Generation w/ Neutrino, Up, & Down Quark Charge: -1 Mass: .511 In Atom Shell Rules Chemical Reactions POSITRON Anti-Electron / Stable |
UP Stable Charge: + 2/3 Mass: 330 DOWN |
NUCLEONS 3 Quarks U & D In Atom Nucleus PROTON Stable Quarks : UUD Charge: +1 Mass 938.3 NEUTRON Stable in Nucleus, Unstable outside Quarks: DDU Charge: 0 Mass: 939.6 Decays into Electron, Proton, & Neutrino |
PIONS Hold Nucleus Together Produce Strong Force via Gluon Exchange w/ Proton & Neutron can change one to other |
ELECTROMAGNETIC PHOTON Stable Mass: 0 Spin: 1 Strength: .01 Range: Infinite Decreases w/ Distance, Causes Unlike Attraction & Like Repulsion Can change Electron to Positron or reverse / Symmetry w/ Weak & Strong at High Energy Energetic Photon from Electron-Positron Annihilation |
| Other More Massive Leptons Unstable |
4 Other
More Massive Quarks Unstable CHARM, STRANGE TOP, BOTTOM |
Many Other Baryons Unstable |
Many Other Baryons Unstable, Heavier than Pions Made of Massive Quarks |
STRONG -
GLOUN Stable 8 Particles 6-Color, 2-White Charge: 0 Strength: 1 Range: 10 ( to -13 cm) Exchange between Quarks changes Quark Color |
| NEUTRINOS Form Pair w/Lepton Little Interaction w/ anything Electron Neutrino Stable Charge: 0 Mass: ? |
GRAVITY
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GRAVITON Stable Charge: 1 Mass: 81 Spin: 0 Strength: 10 (to -38) Range: Long |
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| Other Neutrinos Unstable |
WEAK W (-) Unstable Mass: 81 Charge: 1 Strength: 10 (to -13) Range: 10 (to -1) W (+) Unstable Mass:81 Charge: -1 Strength: 10 (to -13) Range: Short, Decays into Electron & Anti-Neutrino Z Unstable Mass: 93 Charge: 0 Strength: 10 (to -13) Range: Short HIGGS Unstable Mass: ? Charge: 0 Strength: ? Range: Short Breaks Electro-Weak Symmetry at Low Energy |
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