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Z, W+, W-, Gluon, Photon Happy Families Snap Name: Down Up Down Happy Families Snap Happy Families Snap Z, W+, Name: Up Likes: Z, W+, Name:W-, gluon, Down photon Likes: Z, W+, Surname: Quark W-, gluon, photon Surname: Quark W-, gluon, photon Mass: very light Charge: +2/3 Mass: very light Charge: -1/3 one of the main together with the down one of the main together with the up they components of protons and they are the lightest of all components of protons are the lightest of all neutrons quarks and neutrons quarks amongst the first quarks to physicists thought up and amongst the first quarks to physicists thought up and be discovered down were the only quarks be discovered down were the only quarks Dr Maria Pavlidou Dr Maria Pavlidou Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Anti-up Anti-down Happy Families Snap Happy Families Snap Z, W+, Name: Anti-up Likes: Z, W+, Name:W-, gluon, Anti -photondown Likes: Z, W+, Surname: Quark W-, gluon, photon Surname: Quark W-, gluon, photon Mass: very light Charge: -2/3 Mass: very light Charge: +1/3 one of the main together with the anti- one of the main together with the anti-up components of anti-protons down they are the lightest components of anti- they are the lightest of all and anti-neutrons of all anti-quarks protons and anti-neutrons anti-quarks when colliding with an up when colliding with a down quark they annihilate quark they annihilate Dr Maria Pavlidou Dr Maria Pavlidou Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Charm Strange Happy Families Snap Happy Families Snap Z, W+, Name: Charm Likes: Z, W+, Name:W-, gluon, Strange photon Likes: Z, W+, Surname: Quark W-, gluon, photon Surname: Quark W-, gluon, photon Mass: heavy Charge: +2/3 Mass: light Charge: -1/3 it is called charm because, it was discovered in 1974 it is called strange because it was discovered in 1964 when it was discovered, the the first time it was seen mathematical calculations physicists did not in the theory worked like a understand what it was charm Dr Maria Pavlidou Dr Maria Pavlidou Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Anti-charm Anti-strange Happy Families Snap Happy Families Snap Z, W+, Name: Anti-charm Likes: Z, W+, Name:W-, gluon, Anti- strangephoton Likes: Z, W+, Surname: Quark W-, gluon, photon Surname: Quark W-, gluon, photon Mass: heavy Charge: -2/3 Mass: light Charge: +1/3 it is called anti-charm when colliding with a charm it is called anti-strange when colliding with a because, when it was quark they annihilate because the first time it was strange quark they discovered, the seen physicists did not annihilate mathematical calculations understand what it was in the theory worked like a charm Dr Maria Pavlidou Dr Maria Pavlidou Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Top Beauty Happy Families Snap Happy Families Snap Z, W+, Name: Top Likes: Z, W+, Name:W-, gluon, Beauty photon Likes: Z, W+, Surname: Quark W-, gluon, photon Surname: Quark W-, gluon, photon Mass: very heavy Charge: +2/3 Mass: heavy Charge: -1/3 it is called top because it is it has the shortest life of all it is called beauty because some physicists call it the heaviest quark quarks when it was discovered bottom quark physicists realised that there is a set of 6 quarks, which made the theory beautiful Dr Maria Pavlidou Dr Maria Pavlidou Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Anti-top Anti-beauty Happy Families Snap Happy Families Snap Z, W+, Name: Anti-top Likes: Z, W+, Name:W-, gluon, Anti- bphotoneauty Likes: Z, W+, Surname: Quark W-, gluon, photon Surname: Quark W-, gluon, photon Mass: very heavy Charge: -2/3 Mass: heavy Charge: +1/3 when colliding with a top it is called anti-top because when colliding with a beauty it is called anti-beauty quark they annihilate it is the heaviest anti-quark quark they annihilate because when it was discovered physicists realised that there is a set it has the shortest life of all some physicists call it anti- of 6 anti-quarks, which anti-quarks bottom quark made the theory beautiful Dr Maria Pavlidou Dr Maria Pavlidou Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Electron Electron neutrino Happy Families Snap Happy Families Snap Name: Electron Likes: Z, W+, Name: Likes: Z, W+, Surname: Lepton W-, photon Electron.neutrino W-, photon Surname: Lepton Mass: very light Charge: -1 Mass: very light Charge: 0 it can be found inside it is the particle that runs elusive particle, like the it can pass through our atoms along electric circuits and “phantom” of the particle body without us noticing gives us electricity world; difficult to catch or to track down it was discovered in it travels almost at the the Sun produces lots of Cambridge in 1897 speed of light them Dr Maria Pavlidou Dr Maria Pavlidou Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Anti-electron Anti-electron neutrino Happy Families Snap Happy Families Snap Name: Anti-electron Likes: Z, W+, Name: Anti- Likes: Z, W+, Surname: Lepton W-, photon electron.neutrino W-, photon Surname: Lepton Mass: very light Charge: +1 Mass: very light Charge: 0 it is also called positron when colliding with an it comes from space it can pass through our electron they annihilate (cosmic anti-neutrinos) body without us noticing when colliding with an it travels almost at the electron neutrino they speed of light annihilate Dr Maria Pavlidou Dr Maria Pavlidou Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Muon Muon neutrino Happy Families Snap Happy Families Snap Name: Muon Likes: Z, W+, Name: Likes: Z, W+, Surname: Lepton W-, photon Muon.neutrino W-, photon Surname: Lepton Mass: light Charge: -1 Mass: very light Charge: 0 it is 200 times heavier than they come from space and elusive particle, like the it can pass through our the electron arrive to the Earth all the “phantom” of the particle body without us noticing time world; difficult to catch or to track down it can pass through our it was discovered in 1936 it travels almost at the electron neutrinos oscillate body without us noticing speed of light into muon neutrinos before arriving on Earth Dr Maria Pavlidou Dr Maria Pavlidou Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Anti-muon Anti-muon neutrino Happy Families Snap Happy Families Snap Name: Anti-muon Likes: Z, W+, Name: Anti- Likes: Z, W+, Surname: Lepton W-, photon muon.neutrino W-, photon Surname: Lepton Mass: light Charge: +1 Mass: very light Charge: 0 it is 200 times heavier than they come from space and elusive particle, like the when colliding with a the anti-electron arrive to the Earth all the “phantom” of the particle muon neutrino they time world; difficult to catch or annihilate to track down it can pass through our when colliding with a muon it travels almost at the it can pass through our body without us noticing they annihilate speed of light body without us noticing Dr Maria Pavlidou Dr Maria Pavlidou Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Tau Tau neutrino Happy Families Snap Happy Families Snap Name: Tau Likes: Z, W+, Name: Likes: Z, W+, Surname: Lepton W-, photon Tau.neutrino W-, photon Surname: Lepton Mass: heavy Charge: -1 Mass: very light Charge: 0 it is 20 times heavier than a it is the heaviest of all elusive particle, like the it can pass through our muon leptons “phantom” of the particle body without us noticing world; difficult to catch or to track down electron neutrinos oscillate it travels almost at the into tau neutrinos before speed of light arriving on Earth Dr Maria Pavlidou Dr Maria Pavlidou Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Anti-tau Anti-tau neutrino Happy Families Snap Happy Families Snap Name: Anti-tau Likes: Z, W+, Name: Anti- Likes: Z, W+, Surname: Lepton W-, photon tau.neutrino W-, photon Surname: Lepton Mass: heavy Charge: +1 Mass: very light Charge: 0 it is 20 times heavier than it is the heaviest of all anti- elusive particle, like the it can pass through our the anti-muon leptons “phantom” of the particle body without us noticing world; difficult to catch or to track down when colliding with a tau they annihilate when colliding with a tau it travels almost at the neutrino they annihilate speed of light Dr Maria Pavlidou Dr Maria Pavlidou Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Prof Cristina Lazzeroni W+ Gluon Happy Families Snap Happy Families Snap Name: Gluon Likes: quarks, anti- Name: W+ Likes: quarks, anti- Surname: Boson quarks Surname: Boson quarks, leptons, Mass: very light Charge: 0 anti-leptons, Higgs Mass: very heavy Charge: +1 it keeps the quarks inside protons and neutrons like a it is one of the particles glue responsible for radioactivity Dr Maria Pavlidou Dr Maria Pavlidou Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Prof Cristina Lazzeroni W- Photon Happy Families Snap Happy Families Snap Name: Photon Likes: quarks, anti- Name: W- Likes: quarks, anti- Surname: Boson quarks, leptons, Surname: Boson quarks, leptons, anti-leptons, W+, anti-leptons, Higgs W- Mass: very heavy Charge: -1 Mass: 0 Charge: 0 the gold medalist of all it is the particle of light it is one of the particles particles because it can run responsible for the fastest and no other radioactivity particle can match this Dr Maria Pavlidou Dr Maria Pavlidou Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Higgs Z Happy Families Snap Happy Families Snap Name: Z Likes: quarks, anti- Name: Higgs Likes: quarks, anti- Surname: Boson quarks, leptons, Surname: Boson quarks, electron, anti-leptons, Higgs muon, tau, W+, W-, Z Mass: very heavy Charge: 0 Mass: very heavy Charge: 0 physicists thought this was it got its name from It is responsible for giving the last particle to be Professor Higgs mass to all other particles discovered, so they named (University of Edinburgh) it with the last letter of the who first thought about it it was discovered in 2012 alphabet Dr Maria Pavlidou Dr Maria Pavlidou Prof Cristina Lazzeroni Prof Cristina Lazzeroni .
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