Particle Content
The Standard Model has 61 elementary particles.
Types | Generations | Antiparticle | Colors | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quarks | 2 | 3 | Pair | 3 | 36 |
Leptons | 2 | 3 | Pair | None | 12 |
Gluons | 1 | 1 | Own | 8 | 8 |
W | 1 | 1 | Pair | None | 2 |
Z | 1 | 1 | Own | None | 1 |
Photon | 1 | 1 | Own | None | 1 |
Higgs | 1 | 1 | Own | None | 1 |
Total | 61 |
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