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elementary particle comparison table

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carrier boson elementary particle Bose-Einstein statistics uncertainty principle force carrier Particle that acts as the transmitters of forces. The best known example is the photon, which transmits electromagnetic forces. The gluons are the transmitters of the strong interactions, and the W⁺, W^-, and Z⁰ particles are the transmitters of the weak interactions. See Table 7.1 on page 120.

hadron elementary particle uncertainty principle High mass elementary particles that are influenced by the strong nuclear force.

lepton elementary particle Fermi-Dirac statistics 1/2 exclusion principle Elementary particle like the electron and neutrino that do not experience the strong nuclear force. Unlike the strongly interacting hadrons, the leptons have small masses.

parton elementary particle hypothetical uncertainty principle A hypothetical pointlike constituent of a nucleon, which contains all the charge of the nucleon.

proton nucleus Fermi-Dirac statistics 3 charged particle 1/2 uncertainty principle 939 MeV A positively charged elementary particle; the nucleus of a hydrogen atom. Mass of proton 1.00728 amu = 1.6726 × 10^-24 g = 1836.12 m_e. 1 -has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press p electric or magnetic fields two up quarks and one down quark

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Subject	is part of	is a kind of	has quantum behavior	has number of quark	has acceptance statu	carries the force	is an instance of	has spin	obey	has synonym	has mass	has definition	has charge	has lifetime	has symbol	is accelerated by	has composition
carrier boson		elementary particle	Bose-Einstein statistics						uncertainty principle	force carrier		Particle that acts as the transmitters of forces. The best known example is the photon, which transmits electromagnetic forces. The gluons are the transmitters of the strong interactions, and the W⁺, W^-, and Z⁰ particles are the transmitters of the weak interactions. See Table 7.1 on page 120.
hadron		elementary particle							uncertainty principle			High mass elementary particles that are influenced by the strong nuclear force.
lepton		elementary particle	Fermi-Dirac statistics					1/2	exclusion principle			Elementary particle like the electron and neutrino that do not experience the strong nuclear force. Unlike the strongly interacting hadrons, the leptons have small masses.
parton		elementary particle			hypothetical				uncertainty principle			A hypothetical pointlike constituent of a nucleon, which contains all the charge of the nucleon.
proton	nucleus		Fermi-Dirac statistics	3			charged particle	1/2	uncertainty principle		939 MeV	A positively charged elementary particle; the nucleus of a hydrogen atom. Mass of proton 1.00728 amu = 1.6726 × 10^-24 g = 1836.12 m_e.	1	-has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press	p	electric or magnetic fields	two up quarks and one down quark