Particle
Datenbank-Abfrage
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Gluon g
Family: Boson
As a force carrier of the strong interaction I mediate between quarks and am responsible for the binding of the atomic nucleus.
Mass: 0 Electric charge: 0 Spin 1 Discovered: 1979 Mean lifetime: stable Interactions: strong -
Photon ɣ
Family: Boson
As a force carrier of the electromagnetic interaction I am emitted and absorbed by electrically charged particles.
Mass: 0 Electric charge: 0 Spin 1 Discovered: 1887 Mean lifetime: stable Interactions: electromagnetic -
W+
Family: Boson
As a force carrier of the weak interaction, I mediate between either leptons or quarks and I am, among other things, responsible for nuclear decays.
Mass: 80.4 GeV/c2 Electric charge: 1 Spin 1 Discovered: 1983 Mean lifetime: 3x10-25 s Interactions: weak, electromagnetic -
W-
Family: Boson
As a force carrier of the weak interaction, I mediate between either leptons or quarks and I am, among other things, responsible for nuclear decays.
Mass: 80.4 GeV/2 Electric charge: -1 Spin 1 Discovered: 1983 Mean lifetime: 3x10-25 s Interactions: weak, electromagnetic -
Z
Family: Boson
As a force carrier of the weak interaction, I mediate between either leptons or quarks and I am responsible for neutral currents.
Mass: 91.2 GeV/c2 Electric charge: 0 Spin 1 Discovered: 1983 Mean lifetime: 3x10-25 s Interactions: weak -
Higgs H
Family: Boson
My field is responsible for the mass of the particles. The stronger the particles interact with my Higgs field, the more mass they get.
Mass: 125 GeV/c2 Electric charge: 0 Spin 0 Discovered: 2012 Mean lifetime: 2x10-22 s Interactions: weak -
Graviton
Family: Boson
I am a hypothetical particle and I have never been observed yet
Mass: ? Electric charge: 1 Spin ? Discovered: - Mean lifetime: ? Interactions: gravity -
Elektron e-
Family: Lepton
I am responsible for the electric current and chemical bonds. In atoms, I move around the nucleus.
Mass: 0.511 MeV/c2 Electric charge: -1 Spin 1/2 Discovered: 1897 Mean lifetime: stable Interactions: weak, electromagnetic -
Myon μ-
Family: Lepton
I have very similar properties to the electron, but I am 207 times heavier and unstable. I am created when a proton with high energy ejected from the sun hits the atmosphere.
Mass: 106 MeV/c2 Electric charge: -1 Spin 1/2 Discovered: 1936 Mean lifetime: 2.2x10-6 s Interactions: weak, electromagnetic -
Tau τ-
Family: Lepton
I am 3500 times heavier than the electron and belong to the category heavy weights of elementary particles.
Mass: 1777 MeV/c2 Electric charge: -1 Spin 1/2 Discovered: 1975 Mean lifetime: 2.9x10-13 s Interactions: weak, electromagnetic -
Elektron Neutrino νe
Family: Lepton
It is almost impossible to stop me and I can transform into a muon neutrino or tau neutrino through the so-called neutrino oscillation.
Mass: < 1.1 eV/c2 Electric charge: 0 Spin 1/2 Discovered: 1956 Mean lifetime: undefined Interactions: weak -
Myon Neutrino νμ
Family: Lepton
I can fly through galaxies without losing energy and I can transform into an electron neutrino or tau neutrino through the so-called neutrino oscillations.
Mass: < 190 eV/c2 Electric charge: 0 Spin 1/2 Discovered: 1962 Mean lifetime: undefined Interactions: weak -
Tau Neutrino ντ
Family: Lepton
I am a ghost particle and I can transform into an electron neutrino or muon neutrino through the so-called neutrino oscillations.
Mass: < 18.2 MeV/c2 Electric charge: 0 Spin 1/2 Discovered: 2000 Mean lifetime: undefined Interactions: weak -
Positron e+
Family: Lepton
I am the anti-particle of the electron. If we collide, we annihilate into two photons.
Mass: 0.511 MeV/c2 Electric charge: 1 Spin 1/2 Discovered: 1932 Mean lifetime: stable Interactions: weak, electromagnetic -
Anti- Myon μ+
Family: Lepton
I am positively charged and can trap an electron. This creates an exotic atom: Muonium. It consists of me and an electron.
Mass: 106 MeV/c2 Electric charge: 1 Spin 1/2 Discovered: 1936 Mean lifetime: 2.2x10-6 s Interactions: weak, electromagnetic -
Anti-Tau τ+
Family: Lepton
I am the anti-tau, the anti-particle of a tau. The tau and I have opposite electric charge and magnetic moment.
Mass: 1.78 MeV/c2 Electric charge: 1 Spin 1/2 Discovered: 1975 Mean lifetime: 2.9x10-13 s Interactions: weak, electromagnetic -
Anti- Elektron Neutrino νe
Family: Lepton
If I were my own anti-particle, this could be detected in the neutrinoless double beta decay.
Mass: <1.1 eV/c2 Electric charge: 0 Spin 1/2 Discovered: 1956 Mean lifetime: undefined Interactions: weak, electromagnetic -
Anti- Myon Neutrino νμ
Family: Lepton
Every second, at least 70 billion (anti-)neutrinos per square centimeter fly through the human body without any interaction.
Mass: < 190 eV/c2 Electric charge: 0 Spin 1/2 Discovered: 1962 Mean lifetime: undefined Interactions: weak -
Anti- Tau Neutrino ντ
Family: Lepton
Since we rarely interact, we can travel very long distances without being influenced. I could travel through a piece of lead from here to the Alpha Centauri, and not stop.
Mass: < 18.2 MeV/c2 Electric charge: 0 Spin 1/2 Discovered: 2000 Mean lifetime: undefined Interactions: weak -
Up u
Family: Quark
Like all quarks, I never come alone. Together with the down quarks we form the protons and neutrons, the components of the atomic nucleus.
Mass: 2.2 MeV/c2 Electric charge: 2/3 Spin 1/2 Discovered: 1969 Mean lifetime: stable Interactions: weak, strong, electromagnetic -
Down d
Family: Quark
Like all quarks, I never come alone. I combine with other quarks to form new particles. Together with the up quark and the electron we are the building blocks of matter.
Mass: 4.7 MeV/c2 Electric charge: -1/3 Spin 1/2 Discovered: 1969 Mean lifetime: stable Interactions: weak, strong, electromagnetic -
Charm c
Family: Quark
I got my name, Charm, because I complement the theory of quarks particularly charmingly.
Mass: 1.28 GeV/c2 Electric charge: 2/3 Spin 1/2 Discovered: 1974 Mean lifetime: 10-12 s Interactions: weak, strong, electromagnetic -
Strange s
Family: Quark
I got my name, Strange, because I exist in particles that have a longer life span than expected.
Mass: 96 MeV/c2 Electric charge: -1/3 Spin 1/2 Discovered: 1969 Mean lifetime: 5x10-8 s Interactions: weak, strong, electromagnetic -
Top t
Family: Quark
I am the heaviest elementary particle, my rest mass is almost as large as a gold atom. That’s why I decay so fast that I can’t bind with other quarks.
Mass: 173 GeV/c2 Electric charge: 2/3 Spin 1/2 Discovered: 1995 Mean lifetime: 6x10-25 s Interactions: weak, strong, electromagnetic -
Bottom b
Family: Quark
Particles that are composed of me live longer. They also call me Beauty quark.
Mass: 4.18 GeV/c2 Electric charge: -1/3 Spin 1/2 Discovered: 1977 Mean lifetime: 2x10-12 s Interactions: weak, strong, electromagnetic -
Anti- Up u
Family: Quark
Quarks and we anti-quarks destroy each other. Anti-matter is almost non-existent in the universe. This is due to an asymmetry at the beginning of the universe.
Mass: 2.2 MeV/c2 Electric charge: -2/3 Spin 1/2 Discovered: 1969 Mean lifetime: stable Interactions: weak, strong, electromagnetic -
Anti- Down d
Family: Quark
Anti-matter is matter that consists of anti-particles. Anti-atoms have atomic shells of positrons and atomic nuclei of anti- up and anti- down quarks, which form the anti-protons and anti-neutrons.
Mass: 4.7 MeV/c2 Electric charge: 1/3 Spin 1/2 Discovered: 1969 Mean lifetime: stable Interactions: weak, strong, electromagnetic -
Anti- Charm c
Family: Quark
I am generated in particle accelerators. Electrically charged particles are accelerated there to high energies. When other particles collide, quarks and anti-quarks can be created.
Mass: 1.28 GeV/c2 Electric charge: -2/3 Spin 1/2 Discovered: 1974 Mean lifetime: 10-12 s Interactions: weak, strong, electromagnetic -
Anti- Strange s
Family: Quark
Like all quarks, I too am a group being and bind with one quark to form a group of two (called a «meson») or with two other anti-quarks to form a group of three (called a «baryon»)
Mass: 96 MeV/c2 Electric charge: 1/3 Spin 1/2 Discovered: 1968 Mean lifetime: 5x10-8 s Interactions: weak, strong, electromagnetic -
Anti- Top t
Family: Quark
I am too short-lived to form mesons or baryons. My properties are extensively studied as a means to discriminate between competing theories of new physics beyond the Standard Model.
Mass: 173 GeV/c2 Electric charge: -2/3 Spin 1/2 Discovered: 1995 Mean lifetime: 6x10-25 s Interactions: weak, strong, electromagnetic -
Anti- Bottom b
Family: Quark
The bottom quark and I play an important role in the search for new effects or particles.
Mass: 4.18 GeV/c2 Electric charge: 1/3 Spin 1/2 Discovered: 1997 Mean lifetime: 2x10-12 s Interactions: weak, strong, electromagnetic -
Dark Matter
Family:
I am a hypothetical particle and I have never been observed yet
Mass: ? Electric charge: 0 Spin ? Discovered: - Mean lifetime: ? Interactions: ?, gravity