How many types of quarks are there and what are their names?
1 Answer
There are
Explanation:
Like leptons, quarks are divided into three generations.
Each generation contains four quarks- two quarks and two antiquarks.
Each quark is assigned a flavor:
Antiquarks are named respectively- for example, the antiparticle of an
So there are
Taking the Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) into account will triple the number. By the QCD model, quarks have three different "colors" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_charge)
So that gives
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_%28particle_physics%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_charge
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