FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES OF THE UNIVERSE

 There was a time when people thought they knew everything about fundamental particles when they came to know about the Electron, Proton and the Neutron.

But as science and research progressed the number of fundamental particles went on expanding. With what is known as of today, there are 31 particles of which 25 are fundamental particles in the Universe.

Let us examine what they are.

Scientists have classified two fundamental types of particles; Matter Particles and Force Particles.

Some of the Matter particles combine to produce the world around us.

In the force particles one, the Photon is responsible for electromagnetic radiation.

Matter particles are known as Fermions, and the Force particles are known as Bosons.

MATTER PARTCILES or FERMIONS: .

Fermions are divided into 1. Leptons &  2. Hadrons

 

The Leptons  are divided into

1. Electrons,

2. Muons,

3. Tau,

4. Electron Neutrino,

5. Muon Neutrino

6. Tau Neutrino

 

The Hadrons are divided into 1. Baryons &  2. Mesons

The Baryons in turn are divided into

      1. Proton

2.       2. Neutron

3.       3.  Lamda

4.       4. Omega

5.       5. Up Quark

6.       6. Down Quark

7.       7. Top Quark

8.       8. Bottom Quark

9.       9. Charm Quark

1       10. Strange Quark

The Mesons are divided into

1.      1.  Pion

2.       2. Kaon

3.       3. B-zero

4.       4. Ela C

FORCE PARTCILES or BOSONS: .

The Bosons are divided into

1.       1. Photon

2.       2. W- Boson

3.       3. W+ Boson

4.       4. Z⁰ Boson

5.       5. Gluon

So there are currently altogether 25 fundamental particles in the Universe governing Matter & Force. Of them, 20 are Fermions & 5 are Bosons.