Elementary particle
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In particle physics, an elementary particle or fundamental particle is a particle not known to have substructure; that is, it is not known to be made up of smaller particles. If an elementary particle truly has no substructure, then it is one of the basic building blocks of the universe from which all other particles are made. In the Standard Model, the quarks, leptons, and gauge bosons are elementary particles.
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See also
- Asymptotic freedom
- Asymptotic safety
- Boson
- Fermion
- List of particles
- Physical ontology
- Quantum mechanics
- Quantum field theory
- Quantum gravity
- Quantum triviality
- Subatomic particle
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