fundamental particles

Who Is The Father Of Particle Physics?

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Who Is The Father Of Particle Physics? US physicist was one of the chief architects of the standard model of particle physics. Murray Gell-Mann, one of the founders of modern particle physics, died on 24 May, aged 89. Gell-Mann’s most influential contribution was to propose the theory of quarks — fundamental particles that make up

What Are The 5 Subatomic Particles?

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What Are The 5 Subatomic Particles? Particle Electric Charge (C) Atomic Mass (Au) Protons +1.6022 x 10– 19 1.0073 Neutrons 0 1.0078 Electrons -1.6022 x 10– 19 0.00054858 What are the 6 subatomic particles? Six “flavors” of quarks: up, down, strange, charm, bottom, and top; Six types of leptons: electron, electron neutrino, muon, muon neutrino,