Elementary Particles

The building blocks of the universe. Elementary particles are those that cannot be broken down into any further parts. They are quanta, and as such fall into the study of quantum physics.

Types of Elementary Particles

Fermions

• Leptons

• Electron
• Electron Neutrino
• Muon
• Muon Neutrino
• Tauon
• Tauon Neutrino

• Quarks

• Up
• Down
• Charm
• Strange
• Top
• Bottom

• Bosons

• Photon
• W Boson
• Z Boson
• Gluon