What are the elementary particles of nuclear physics?

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Henry Asbill · Accepted Answer

The elementary particles are bosons, leptons and quarks

Bosons are particles that carry force and have an integer spin. The electromagnetic force is mediated by the photon, which is both its own antiparticle and spin 1. The weak nuclear force, which has the ability to convert protons into neutrons or vice versa, is caused by the W boson, which can have either a positive or negative charge. In addition, a Z boson—its own antiparticle—is present and is in charge of imparting momentum in neutrino scattering. A spin 0 particle that gives other particles mass is the Higgs boson. The strong nuclear force is a byproduct of the color force, which binds quarks into baryons through the mediation of gluons, which have three colors—red, green, and blue—instead of actual colors. Leptons and spin 1/2 particles and consists of the electron #e^-#, the muon #mu^-# and the taon #tau^-#, each of which has a corresponding neutrino #nu_e, nu_mu, nu_tau#. Each has an antiparticle. Quarks come in pairs of three flavours: up and down, strange and charm, top and bottom. They have charges of #+-1/3 or +-2/3# and spin 1/2. Pairs of quarks form mesons and triplets form baryons such as the proton and neutron.

Anna Armstrong · Answer

undefined The elementary particles of nuclear physics are protons, neutrons, and electrons.