Standard Model
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The Standard Model of particle physics is a theoretical framework describing all of the known elementary particles and three of the four forces that govern them.
Year of discovery of each member
| Family | Particle | Year of discovery |
|---|---|---|
| Quarks | Up | 1968 |
| Down | 1968 | |
| Charm | 1974 | |
| Strange | 1968 | |
| Top | 1995 | |
| Bottom | 1977 | |
| Leptons | Electron | 1897 |
| Electron neutrino | 1956 | |
| Muon | 1936 | |
| Muon neutrino | 1962 | |
| Tau | 1975 | |
| Tau neutrino | 2000 | |
| Gauge bosons | Photon | 1905 / 1923 |
| Gluon | 1978 | |
| W(±) | 1983 | |
| Z | 1983 | |
| Scalar boson | Higgs | 2012 |
