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[edit] Quark model

In the quark model, based on the discover of quarks by Murray Gell-Mann and George Zweig in 1964, there are other particles which more accurately describe the structure and function of atoms and molecules. Although this model is closer to quantum physics than chemistry, the particles listed below are based on the quark model of the atom. Fermions (composed of quarks & leptons)

  • Leptons (not composed of quarks)
    • electrons
    • muons
    • tau
    • neutrinos (3 types)
  • Hadrons (composed of quarks)
    • Baryons >
      • protons
      • neutrons
  • Mesons >
    • pion
    • kaon

Bosons ("force carriers")

  • Photon
  • Gluon
  • W+, W-, and Z0
  • Graviton
  • Antiparticles (Quarks and leptons have antiparticles; bosons do not.)

Reverted from page-blanking vandalism by 213.249.155.237. --128.138.96.118 02:05, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I agree that using the quark model would be a good way to build this article. It should at a minimum strive to at least list all of the subatomic particles. At a minimum, all observed particles need to be listed, plus those stongly implied by the std model. The more speculative particles (ie Higgs Boson) should be so noted.

The anti-particles should not be listed among the Bosons. The positron is a lepton, and the anti-proton is a hadron. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.83.146.244 (talk) 21:42, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tone of article

I notice throughout the article, it seems the tone is lecture-like. Does anybody agree with me? (Especially the information on subatomic particles as energy) 152.16.201.104 17:01, 12 July 2007 (UTC) ~~ I concur. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.49.176.178 (talk) 22:12, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Lecture-like? If you mean like this lecture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0c5yClip4o then I agree. The article is garbage and most unangelic! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.68.227 (talk) 19:14, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Photons: Particles or Waves -- Correction

Light is no longer view as wave. It is just how the particals land in their places that create a look of a wave.


50. Particles and Waves Evidence that light can sometimes act like a particle leads to quantum mechanics, the new physics.

http://www.learner.org/resources/series42.html# —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.231.253.97 (talk) 03:48, 8 February 2008 (UTC)