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OpenStudy (anonymous):

which subtomaic particle has the least mas

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The proton, if you just look one level down. However, If we are going even deeper, it might be the quarks

OpenStudy (anonymous):

There are several types of quarks. It seems that u-quarks has the lowest mass : 1,5 to 4,0 MeV.c^-2.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and 1 MeV = 10^6 eV, 1 eV = 1,783*10^-36 kg. But the quarks have not the least mass. I know that the Neutrino "Ve" have less than 2,5 eV*c^-2, and the Photon have less than 1 ×10^−18 eV*c^-2 !!! So the photon should be the elementary particule which have the lowest mass

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Boson I expect.

OpenStudy (dean.shyy):

It should be an electron.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@Dean.Shyy I don't agree with you, an electron have a mass around 9,109×10-31 kg (511 keV) so it's around 511 000 eV, the photon have less than 1 ×10−18 eV !!!

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