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Elementary particles

Elementary fermionsHalf-integer spinObey the Fermi–Dirac statistics

Elementary bosonsInteger spinObey the Bose–Einstein statistics

Quarks and antiquarksSpin = 12Have color chargeParticipate in strong interactions and electroweak interactions

Leptons and antileptonsSpin = 12No color chargeElectroweak interactions

Gauge bosonsSpin = 1, 2^[‡]Force carriers

Scalar bosonsSpin = 0

Three generations

Up (u),
Down (d)
Charm (c),
Strange (s)
Top (t),
Bottom (b)

Three generations

Electron (
e⁻
),^[†]
Electron neutrino ( $ν e$ )
Muon (
μ⁻
),
Muon neutrino ( $ν μ$ )
Tau (
τ⁻
),
Tau neutrino ( $ν τ$ )

Four kinds

Photon
(
γ
; electromagnetic interaction)
W and Z bosons
(
W⁺
,
W⁻
,
Z⁰
; weak interaction)
Eight types of gluons
(
g
; strong interaction)
Graviton (hypothetical)
(
G
; gravity)^[‡]

One kind

Higgs boson (
H⁰
)

Notes:
[†] An anti-electron (
e⁺
) is conventionally called a "positron".
[‡] The known force carrier bosons all have spin = 1. The hypothetical graviton has spin = 2; it is unknown whether it is a gauge boson as well.