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The subatomic particles considered important in the understanding of chemistry are the electron, the proton, and the neutron. Nuclear physics deals with how protons and neutrons arrange themselves in nuclei. The study of subatomic particles, atoms and molecules, and their structure and interactions, requires quantum mechanics.
Elementary particles are particles with no measurable internal structure; that is, it is unknown whether they are composed of other particles. [1] They are the fundamental objects of quantum field theory. Many families and sub-families of elementary particles exist. Elementary particles are classified according to their spin.
The symbols encountered in these lists are: I , J (total angular momentum), P , u , d , s (strange quark), c (charm quark), b (bottom quark), Q , B (baryon number), S (strangeness), C , B ′ , as well as a wide array of subatomic particles (hover for name).
Subatomic particles such as protons or neutrons, which contain two or more elementary particles, are known as composite particles. Ordinary matter is composed of atoms, themselves once thought to be indivisible elementary particles. The name atom comes from the Ancient Greek word ἄτομος which means indivisible or uncuttable.
Pages in category "Subatomic particles" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
This list is of all known and predicted scalar, pseudoscalar and vector mesons. See list of particles for a more detailed list of particles found in particle physics. This article contains a list of mesons, unstable subatomic particles composed of one quark and one antiquark. They are part of the hadron particle
The neutron is a subatomic particle, symbol n or n 0, ... and the Greek suffix -on (a suffix used in the names of subatomic particles, i.e. electron and proton).
Strange quarks are found in subatomic particles called hadrons. Examples of hadrons containing strange quarks include kaons (K), strange D mesons (D s), Sigma baryons (Σ), and other strange particles. According to the IUPAP, the symbol s is the official name, while "strange" is to be considered only as a mnemonic. [2]