fields and particles in particle physics
and in the standard model of particle physics:
matter field fermions (spinors, Dirac fields)
flavors of fundamental fermions in the standard model of particle physics: | |||
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generation of fermions | 1st generation | 2nd generation | 3d generation |
quarks () | |||
up-type | up quark () | charm quark () | top quark () |
down-type | down quark () | strange quark () | bottom quark () |
leptons | |||
charged | electron | muon | tauon |
neutral | electron neutrino | muon neutrino | tau neutrino |
bound states: | |||
mesons | light mesons: pion () ρ-meson () ω-meson () f1-meson a1-meson | strange-mesons: ϕ-meson (), kaon, K*-meson (, ) eta-meson () charmed heavy mesons: D-meson (, , ) J/ψ-meson () | bottom heavy mesons: B-meson () ϒ-meson () |
baryons | nucleons: proton neutron |
(also: antiparticles)
hadrons (bound states of the above quarks)
minimally extended supersymmetric standard model
bosinos:
dark matter candidates
Exotica
The -meson is the light meson which (in the Wigner classification) is the Lorentz spin group pseudo-vector representation as well as the isospin vector representation.
This is the chiral partner of the rho-meson.
Stefan Leupold, Markus Wagner, Chiral Partners in a Chirally Broken World, International Journal of Modern Physics A Vol. 24, No. 02n03, pp. 229-236 (2009) (arXiv:0807.2389)
A. E. Dorokhova, N. I. Kochelevba. A. P. Martynenkoc. F. A. Martynenkoc. A. E. Radzhabovb, The contribution of axial-vector mesons to hyperfine structure of muonic hydrogen, Physics Letters B Volume 776, 10 January 2018, Pages 105-110 Physics Letters B (doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2017.11.027)
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