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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