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Standard model

The standard model of particle physics describes the forces and particles that form all matter.

 

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Elementary particles

Experiments have shown that this theory is consistent with quantum mechanics and special relativity.

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Q u a r k s Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ u up c charm t top d down s strange b bottum L e p t o n s Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ e electron µ muon τ tau νe e neutrino νµ µ neutrino ντ τ neutrino

G a u g e   b o s o n s U(1) SU(2) SU(3) ɣ foton Z boson g gluon W boson S c a l a r   b o s o n H Higgs

 

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History The Greek physicist Jean Iliopoulos presented the standard model in 1970. It describes only 5% of all matter in the universe. The rest is still mystery.

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