Classifying particles

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Hadrons definition

made up of quarks

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Leptons definition

Fundamental particles

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Quarks definition

A fundamental particle when combined makes hadrons

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What is everything made out of

Quarks and leptons

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Quarks - generations and charges

1st gen - up (+2/3 ) and down (-1/3)

2nd gen - strange (-1/3)

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Antiparticles of protons, nuetrons and electrons

Antiproton, antinuetron and a positron

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Lepton - generations, names and charges

1st gen - electron and electron neutrino

2nd gen - muon and muon neutrino

3rd gen - tau and tau neutrino

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Charges of leptons

-1

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Two types of hadrons

Meson and baryons

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How many quarks in a meson

1 quark and one antiquark

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Baryons

3 quarks

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Types of Meson

Pions: pi^0, pi+, pi -

Kaons: K^0, K+, K-

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Types of baryons

Proton and neutron

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Order of u and d in a proton

uud

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Order of u and d in a neutron

udd

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Baryon number in quarks

+1/3

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Baryon number in antiquarks

-1/3