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Classification of elementary particles

Elementary Particles Classification

1. Fermions (Matter Particles — Spin 1/2)

Quarks and Leptons
Category Type Name Symbol Charge Mass
Quarks1st GenUpu+2/32.2 MeV
Downd-1/34.7 MeV
2nd GenCharmc+2/31.27 GeV
Stranges-1/396 MeV
3rd GenTopt+2/3173 GeV
Bottomb-1/34.18 GeV
Leptons1st GenElectrone⁻-10.511 MeV
Electron Neutrinoνₑ0< 2.2 eV
2nd GenMuonμ⁻-1105.7 MeV
Muon Neutrinoν_μ0< 0.17 MeV
3rd GenTauτ⁻-11.78 GeV
Tau Neutrinoν_τ0< 18.2 MeV

2. Bosons (Force Carriers — Integer Spin)

Gauge Bosons and Higgs
Force Boson Symbol Charge Spin Mass
ElectromagneticPhotonγ010
Weak NuclearW BosonW⁺ / W⁻±11~80.4 GeV
Z BosonZ⁰01~91.2 GeV
Strong NuclearGluong010
Higgs FieldHiggs BosonH⁰00~125 GeV
TheoreticalGravitongᵣ020 (hypothetical)

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