lepton

In particle physics, a lepton is an elementary particle of half-integer spin (spin ) that does not undergo strong interactions. Two main classes of leptons exist: charged leptons (also known as the electron-like leptons or muons), including the electron, muon, and tauon, and neutral leptons, better known as neutrinos. Charged leptons can combine with other particles to form various composite particles such as atoms and positronium, while neutrinos rarely interact with anything, and are consequently rarely observed. The best known of all leptons is the electron.

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A lepton is a tiny fundamental particle that doesn't experience the strong force holding atomic nuclei together; the most familiar example is the electron, which helps form atoms, while other leptons like neutrinos barely interact with anything and are nearly impossible to detect. Leptons matter because they're building blocks of ordinary matter and help physicists understand the basic structure of the universe.

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Particle.name: Lepton
Particle.image: 200px
Particle.caption: Leptons are involved in several processes such as beta decay.
Particle.num_types: 6 (electron, electron neutrino, muon, muon neutrino, tau, tau neutrino)
Particle.composition: Elementary particle
Particle.statistics: Fermionic
Particle.generation: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Particle.interaction: Electromagnetism, gravitation, weak
Particle.antiparticle: Antilepton ()
Particle.baryon_number: 0
Particle.electric_charge: +1 e, 0 e, −1 e
Particle.color_charge: No
Particle.spin:  ħ

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Subclass of: fermion
Image: Lepton-interaction-vertex-pvW.svg

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different from: Lepton
antiparticle: antilepton
has superpartner: slepton
interaction: gravity
Commons category: Leptons
topic's main category: Category:Leptons
has characteristic: baryon number
spin quantum number: 0.5
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Leptoner är elementarpartiklar enligt kvantfysiken. Leptonerna är den ena huvudgruppen av fermioniska elementarpartiklar. Den andra gruppen är kvarkarna.Av leptoner finns det sex stycken aromer, vilka liksom kvarkarna delas in i tre familjer. Varje familj består av en partikel och tillhörande neutrino. familj 1: elektron, elektronneutrinofamilj 2: myon, myonneutrinofamilj 3: tau-lepton, tauneutrino Neutrinerna har ingen laddning medan de övriga leptonerna har laddningen -e (elementarladdningen). Alla dessa sex aromer har också varsin antipartikel med motsatt laddning. Elektronens antipartikel har ett eget namn, positron (e+).

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