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fermion comparison table

Subject	is part of	is a kind of	has acceptance statu	has number of quark	has spin	has definition	has charge	has antiparticle	is accelerated by
baryon		fermion		3	1/2 or 3/2	Heavy subatomic particle composed of 3 quarks.
even-odd nucleus	element	fermion			half-integral	Nucleus that contain even numbers of protons but odd numbers of neutrons.	non-zero		electric or magnetic fields
lepton		elementary particle			1/2	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.
quark	nucleon	charged particle	hypothetical		1/2	Fundamental particles from which all hadrons are made. According to the theory of quantum chromodynamics, protons, neutrons, and their higher-energy cousins are composed of trios of quarks, while the mesons are each made of one quark and one antiquark. Held together by the strong nuclear force, quarks are not found in isolation in nature today; see asymptotic freedom.	non-zero	antiquark	electric or magnetic fields

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