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This note is an introduction to the standard model of particle physics, the strong and electroweak interactions between the basic constituents of the world, quarks and leptons, via the exchange of gluons, photons and w and z particles. Its corresponding antimatter particle is called the muon antineutrino. A very short introduction very short introductions series by frank. Brown physics textbooks introductory physics i and ii a lecture note style textbook series intended to support the teaching of introductory physics, with calculus, at a level suitable for duke undergraduates. Particle physics provides a compelling introduction to the fundamental constituents of the universe. Thomson discovered the electron in 1897 and the electron remains the prototype of an elementary particle, while many other particles discovered between then and today have lost that status.
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