Particles | Mass (MeV/c2) | Charge | Decays | Structure |
Photon [2] [9] | 0 | 0 | Stable |
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Electron [2] [10] | 0.511 | −e | Stable |
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Positron [2] [10] | 0.511 | +e | Stable |
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μ ± leptons | 106.6 | ±e | μ± → e± νe νμ [2] [17] |
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π ± mesons | 139.6 | ±e | π± → μ± νμ [2] [17] [18] |
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π0 mesons | 135.0 | 0 | π0 → γ [2] [17] |
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Neutrinos [2] [13] [17] | Sum 0.00032 | 0 | Stable |
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τ- leptons | 1777 | −e | τ- → (a) π- π0 ντ; (b) π- ντ; (c) π- 2π0ντ; et al. [3] [18] |
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Up quark | 139.6 | +e | π+ → μ+ νμ [2] [3] [17] [18] |
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Down quark | 139.6 | −e | π- → μ- νμ [2] [3] [17] [18] |
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Strange quark | 95 ± 5 | 0 | π0 → γ [2] [3] [17] |
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