Learn: The standard model year 12 ATAR | Quizlet

what is a Gauge Boson?

The particles that carry the four fundamental forces

what are the four Gauge Bosons?

Photons, Gluons, W and Z

what is a fermion?

The family of particles that make up most matter

What are the two types of fermions?

leptons and quarks

What is a Lepton?

Leptons are fundimental particles that do not experience strong nuclear force and do not form composite particles

What are the 6 leptons?

Electron, Muon, Tau each of these have a nuetrino varient

What is a quark?

fundamental particles that form composite particles such as protons and neutrons, they experience strong nuclear force

what is the spin rate of all fermions?

1/2

what are the 6 types of quarks?

up, charm, top, down, strange and bottom

Can you find a quark on its own?

No they are found in groups of 2,3 or four

what are the different hadrons called?

Baryons, mesons, tetraquarks and pentaquarks

what is a meson?

mesons are compostie particles made of quarks, a meson consists of a quark anti quark pair all mesons are unstable and quickly decay

what do you calla composite particle made of quarks?

hadron

what is a baryon?

Baryons are composite particles that consist of three quarks or antiquarks such as protons and neutrons

what is the neutron configuration?

up quark, down quark, down quark gluon

what is a proton configuration?

Up quark, up quark, down quark gluon

What force are each of the four gauge bosons responsible for?

photon EM, Gluon Strong nuclear, W and Z weak nuclear

What is the Higgs Boson particle?

It is a fundimental particle that determines the mass of the other fundimental particles based on how it interacts with the Higgs field. if it moves slowly through the Higgs field it is heavy, if it moves faster it is lighter.