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Matter and Antimatter

Hadrons interact through the strong nuclear force and decay through the weak nuclear force

Hadrons
Hadrons are made up of quarks

Leptons

Leptons interact through the weak nuclear force

Neutrino Charge: 0 v

Baryons
Baryons are protons and all other hadrons that decay into protons. They are made up of three quarks

Mesons
Mesons are hadrons that do not decay into protons. They are made up of a quark-antiquark pair

Antineutrino Charge: 0 v Electron Charge: -1 eMuon Charge: -1 -

Neutron (udd) Charge: 0 n Antineutron (dd) Charge: 0 n

Proton (uud) Charge: +1 p Antiproton (d) Charge: -1 p

Pion / Meson Charge: +1/0/-1 + / 0 / Antiparticle has the opposite charge: -1/0/+1

Kaon / K Meson Charge: +1/0/-1 K+ / K0 / KAntiparticle has the opposite charge: -1/0/+1

Positron Charge: +1 e+
Quark Combinations + ud 0 uu / dd / ss - du K+ us K- su K0 ds K0 sd

Antimuon Charge: +1 +

- / 0 / +

K- / K0 / K+

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