Quarks, Leptons, and Bosons
Physicists currently believe there are three types of basic building blocks of matter: quarks, leptons, and bosons. Quarks and leptons make up everyday matter, which is held together by bosons. Each boson is associated with a force. The photon, the unit of the electromagnetic force, holds the electron to the nucleus in the atom. The way these particles combine dictates the structure of matter. |