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Definitions of elementary particle
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  • capture bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit
  • interaction (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons
  • neutron an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic nucleus
  • electron an elementary particle with negative charge
  • photon a quantum of electromagnetic radiation; an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle
  • antimatter matter consisting of elementary particles that are the antiparticles of those making up normal substances
  • positron an elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation
  • meson an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0
  • hadron any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles
  • lepton an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0
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