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116 The <strong>Subatomic</strong> Zoo<br />

Table 5.8: Principal Quark Composition of Some Mesons and<br />

Baryons † .<br />

Mesons Baryons<br />

π + , π0 , π− ud, uu + dd, du p, n uud, ddu<br />

ρ + , ρ0 , ρ− ud, uu − dd, du<br />

ω0 uu + dd<br />

η0 uu + dd + ɛss Λ0 uds<br />

φ0 ss Σ + ,Σ0 ,Σ− uus, uds, dds<br />

K + , K− us, su Ξ0 ,Ξ− uss, dss<br />

K0 , K0 ds, sd Ω− sss<br />

D + , D− cd, dc Λ + D<br />

c udc<br />

0 , D0 cu, uc Σ ++<br />

c ,Σ + c ,Σ0 B<br />

c , uuc, udc, ddc<br />

+ , B− ub, bu<br />

B0 , B0 db, bd<br />

† The numbers are only approximate and not normalized.<br />

Table 5.9: Fields and Quanta.<br />

Field Quanta Mass Spin “Charge”<br />

Electromagnetic Photon 0 1 0<br />

Hadronic Gluon 0 1 8 colors<br />

Weak W ± 81 GeV/c 2 1 ±e<br />

Z 0 91 GeV/c 2 1 0<br />

Gravitational Graviton 0 2 ?<br />

Table 5.10: The Basic Particles and Forces of<br />

the Standard Model of <strong>Subatomic</strong> <strong>Physics</strong>.<br />

Constituents † Forces Gauge boson<br />

Quarks ✲<br />

u c t ❅❆<br />

❆❅<br />

d s b<br />

❆ ❅❘<br />

❆ ✟✯<br />

✟<br />

Leptons ✟ ❆<br />

◗ ν1 ν2 ν3 ◗ ❆❆❯ e µ τ ◗�<br />

Hadronic<br />

Electromagnetic<br />

Gluon<br />

Photon<br />

Weak<br />

W ± , Z0 † We show the mass eigenstates. As will be shown<br />

in Chapter 11, the weak eigenstates are linear combinations<br />

of the latter.

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