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Parent topics

• Boson [r]: elementary particle with integral spin; composite system consisting of an even number of fermions. ^[e]
• Elementary particle [r]: A particle that has no internal structure; that is, both theoretically and experimentally there are no constituent particles that combine to make it up. ^[e]
• Physics [r]: The study of forces and energies in space and time. ^[e]
• Particle physics [r]: The branch of physics that deals with subatomic particles. ^[e]
• Quantum chromodynamics [r]: A quantum field theory which supposes that fundamental particles such as protons and neutrons are made up of interacting quarks and gluons. ^[e]
• Standard Model [r]: A mathematical theory that describes the weak, electromagnetic and strong interactions between leptons and quarks, the basic particles of particle physics. ^[e]

Other related topics

• Mass [r]: The total amount of a substance, or alternatively, the total energy of a substance. ^[e]
• Large Hadron Collider [r]: The highest-energy and largest particle accelerator based at European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland. The Large Hadron Collider is being used to determine experimentally whether the Higgs boson - as predicted by the Standard Model - exists. ^[e]
• Standard Model [r]: A mathematical theory that describes the weak, electromagnetic and strong interactions between leptons and quarks, the basic particles of particle physics. ^[e]
• Dark matter [r]: Theoretical matter that neither emits nor absorbs light and appears to interact with other matter only gravitationally. ^[e]