Concept information
Preferred term
elementary particle
Definition(s)
- In particle physics, an elementary particle or fundamental particle is a subatomic particle that is not composed of other particles. Particles currently thought to be elementary include electrons, the fundamental fermions (quarks, leptons, antiquarks, and antileptons, which generally are matter particles and antimatter particles), as well as the fundamental bosons (gauge bosons and the Higgs boson), which generally are force particles that mediate interactions among fermions. A particle containing two or more elementary particles is a composite particle. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_particle)
Broader concept(s)
Narrower concept(s)
Synonym(s)
- fundamental particle
In other languages
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French
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particule fondamentale
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-FM806VLV-T
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