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Template:Elementary particles

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Elementary particles
Elementary fermionsHalf-integer spinObey the Fermi–Dirac statisticsElementary bosonsInteger spinObey the Bose–Einstein statistics
Quarks and antiquarksSpin = 1/2Have color chargeParticipate in strong interactions and electroweak interactionsLeptons and antileptonsSpin = 1/2No color chargeElectroweak interactionsGauge bosonsSpin = 1, 2 [‡] Force carriersScalar bosonsSpin = 0
Three generations
  1. Electron (
    e
    ), [†]
    Electron neutrino (
    ν
    e
    )
  2. Muon (
    μ
    ),
    Muon neutrino (
    ν
    μ
    )
  3. Tau (
    τ
    ),
    Tau neutrino (
    ν
    τ
    )
One kind

Higgs boson (
H0
)

Notes:
[†] An anti-electron (
e+
) is conventionally called a "positron".
[‡] The known force carrier bosons all have spin = 1. The hypothetical graviton has spin = 2; it is unknown whether it is a gauge boson as well.