What is a lepton? Quark? Why are electrons not made of quarks?

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rane · Answer

http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/documents/PUS/dis/fundam.htm

frostbite · Answer

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Standard_Model_of_Elementary_Particles.svg Electrons are elementary particles meaning they can't be split and belong to the fermions. Leptons are not affected by the strong interaction but always of the weak and gravity. The electrically charged leptons interact also with electromagnetism. Quarks are responsible for building of matter. For an example the proton consist of two up-quarks and one down-quark.

frostbite · Answer

But this is a subatomic subject and belong to the physics section.

frostbite · Answer

Another good diagram I came past: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Bosons-Hadrons-Fermions-RGB-png3.png

karatechopper · Answer

thanks!