Particle Physics - Mind Map

Down, Strange,
Bottom always
have 1/3,
either positive
or negative

Up, Charm, Top

always have 2/3,
either positive
or negative

Has a
Strangeness
of -1

Strange (-1/3)

Charm (+2/3)
Bottom (-1/3)

Down (-1/3)
Quarks
Top (+2/3)
Up (+2/3)
Each quark
has a baryon
number of +1/3

Each Anti-Quark
has a baryon
number of -1/3

Classified by
Strangeness,
Baryon &
Charge
Number.

Made up
of Quarks
(Fundamental
Particles)

Baryon
Number: -1

Baryon
Number: -1
Anti-up (-2/3)

Anti-Down (+1/3)
Anti-Quarks

Anti-Strange
(+1/3)
Has a
strangeness
of +1

Anti-Top (-2/3)

Electron

UDD

Muon

Baryon
Number: +1

Baryon
Number: +1

All unstable

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Mesons
US*

pi+

K+

U*S

KKaons

Leptons
(Fundamental
Particles)

DS*

Lepton
Number: -1

K0

Always contain
at least one
strange quark
or strange
antiquark

Anti-particles
(Particle)
Antineutrinos

Anti Tau

Made up of
one quark, and
one antiquark

Hence Have
Strangeness

UD*

pi-

U*D

pi0

UU*

DD*

Pions

K0

D*S

Anti Muon

Only stable
stand-alone
baryon is proton,
others decay
into protons

Made up of
3 quarks, or
3 antiquarks

Hadrons (NonFundamental
Particles)

Tau

Particles

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Proton

Neutron

Baryons

Lepton
Number: +1

Positron

U*U*D*

Anti-proton

Anti-neutron

Anti-Bottom
(+1/3)

AntiCharm (-2/3)

(Particle)
Neutrinos

U*D*D*

For each
Quark,
there is a
corresponding
Anti-Quark
with opposite
charge /
baryon/
charge #

Always contain
up and down
(quarks or
anti-quarks).