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Quarks experience all four fundamental interactions, whereas leptons only experience three. Leptons do not experience the strong interaction.
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You are testing an unknown material and it CANNOT be broken down into simpler forms. What is it?
Atoms can be broken down, so it is a quark or a lepton.
What is the smallest of the 3 particles of an atom?
Out of protons, neutrons, and electrons, electrons are the smallest.
What is the difference between quarks and leptons and what are each bosons responsible for?
We now know there are are six quarks (or called flavours of quarks), which are grouped into 3 pairs (or generations); up & down, charmed & strange and top and bottom. It is these fundamental particles which form neutrons, protons etc, which are collectively known as hadrons, (it is mainly the up and down which form the world around us). The quarks are peculiar as they posses a charge which is a fraction of that for the electron. There are two types of hadron, the Baryon which is a system of three quarks (e.g. the proton) or Mesons, a two quark system containing a quark - antiquark pair (e.g. the pion or pi-meson). Leptons are particles such as muons and electrons, there are 6 leptons in total, each with their anti-lepton counterpart. For the electron, muon and taon (which are referred to as different flavours of the lepton) there is a corresponding neutrino (a lepton) associated with it. Difference between the two: Leptons do not participate in the strong interaction and are generally not seen within the nucleus. Bosons are often force carrier particles (these are typically referred to as gauge bosons). In the prevailing Standard Model of physics, the photon is one of four gauge bosons in the electroweak interaction; the other three are denoted W+, W− and Z0 and are responsible for the weak interaction.
What are protons and neutrons are?
A proton makes up part of the nucleus of an atom. A proton has a positive charge, while a neutron has no charge (is neutral). Protons are made of 1 up quark and 2 down quarks. A quark is a subatomic particle that makes up protons and part of neutron. There are 6 different types(flavours) of quarks. They are up, down, charm, strange, top, and bottom. A neutron is either made of 2 up quarks and 1 down quark or a proton and a lepton (electron). The quarks in a neutron and proton are held together by gluons. The strong nuclear force holds an atom together while the weak nuclear force pulls it apart (also called radioactivity).
Is lepton part of an atom?
Lepton is the common name given to electron, positron, neutrino, antinuetrino, mu-meson [muon] etc. So an atom has these elementary particles within and come out in specific circumstances.
You are testing an unknown material and it CANNOT be broken down into simpler forms. What is it?
Atoms can be broken down, so it is a quark or a lepton.
Does neutrino mean neutron?
Definatly not! A Neutron is a kind of Baryon (a type of Hadron) made up of the subatomic particles: Up quark, Down quark and Electrons. Now a Neutrino is different, there are three different types. There are Electron Neutrinoes, Muon Neutrinoes, and Tau Neutrinoes. Neutrinos are a type of Lepton, for every Neutrino there is a equivalent non-neutrino. For example, There is an Electron and an Electron Neutrino. So to conclude Neutrino does not mean Neutron, instead it is describing a type of Lepton. This should answer the Question.
What is the difference between cottage cheese and quark?
quark is made from buttermilk. cottage cheese is made from milk. .
Is down quark heavier than up quark because neutron is heavier than proton?
The two are related, yes, but technically it would be more accurate to say it the other way around: "Neutrons are heavier than protons because down quarks are heavier than up quarks" Neutrons are composed of an up quark and two down quarks (udd). Protons are composed of two up quarks and one down quark (uud), so the difference in mass between a proton and neutron is (roughly) the same as the difference in mass between the neutron's down quark and the proton's matching up quark. Because a down quark is heavier than an up quark, it is also possible for a down quark to decay into an up quark (releasing an electron in the process). This is how beta radiation occurs in atomic nuclei. One of the neutrons' down quarks decays into an up quark, changing that neutron into a proton, and releasing an electron (as radiation), so another way to look at it would be that a down quark is an up quark that has an electron trapped inside it (the mass of the electron, plus the energy required to "trap" it there, is what makes the down quark heavier).
What is the smallest part of an element that retains the properties of the element atoms lepton or quark?
The smallest particle that retains the properties of an element is an atom. Quarks and leptons are just a family of elementary particles and do not carry any properties of the element.
What is the difference between a quark and a quasar?
Magnitude - sheer size.A quark is tiny - it takes 3 to make a single proton.A quasar is a "quasi star" and is actually an entire galaxy with its core on fire(not actual fire with flames, but in the act of constantly blowing up).
What is a proton quark made up of?
well, a quark makes up protons, nutrons and electrons. there are some therios: but no awnser, quarks are basic things. but they make up this whole universe. it is not yet discoverd what makes up quarks.
What is is the Relationship between quark and subatomic particle?
A quark is a kind of subatomic particle, and 3 quarks makes up another subatomic particle (a baryon). A quark and an anti-quark make up another kind of sub-atomic particle, (a meson).
What is the smallest of the 3 particles of an atom?
Out of protons, neutrons, and electrons, electrons are the smallest.
What is the difference between quarks and leptons and what are each bosons responsible for?
We now know there are are six quarks (or called flavours of quarks), which are grouped into 3 pairs (or generations); up & down, charmed & strange and top and bottom. It is these fundamental particles which form neutrons, protons etc, which are collectively known as hadrons, (it is mainly the up and down which form the world around us). The quarks are peculiar as they posses a charge which is a fraction of that for the electron. There are two types of hadron, the Baryon which is a system of three quarks (e.g. the proton) or Mesons, a two quark system containing a quark - antiquark pair (e.g. the pion or pi-meson). Leptons are particles such as muons and electrons, there are 6 leptons in total, each with their anti-lepton counterpart. For the electron, muon and taon (which are referred to as different flavours of the lepton) there is a corresponding neutrino (a lepton) associated with it. Difference between the two: Leptons do not participate in the strong interaction and are generally not seen within the nucleus. Bosons are often force carrier particles (these are typically referred to as gauge bosons). In the prevailing Standard Model of physics, the photon is one of four gauge bosons in the electroweak interaction; the other three are denoted W+, W− and Z0 and are responsible for the weak interaction.
Who invented the lepton?
jb
What is an unstable lepton?
muon
