Instructional Master

LSM 13.5-1

Some Subatomic Particles

Table 1 Some Subatomic Particles
Name

Symbol

Antiparticle

Rest Mass
(MeV/c 2)
Gauge Bosons

photon

self

W+

80.3 

103

Z0

Z0

91.2  103

Spin

Lifetime
(s)

stable

3  1025

3  1025

Leptons
electron

e

e+

0.511

muon

m


105.7

tau

t

1777

neutrino (e)

ne

ne

< 7.0  106

neutrino ( m )

nm

nm

< 0.17

neutrino (t)

nt

nt

< 24

1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2

stable
2.2  106
2.91  1013
stable
stable
stable

Hadrons
Some Mesons

p+

p

139.6

p0

self

135.0

K+

K

493.7

0
KS
0
KL


K

0
S
0
L

497.7

h0

self

547.5

proton

p


938.3

neutron

n


939.6

lambda

0

0


1115.7

sigma

+




1189.4

0

0


1192.6



+


1197.4

self

1314.9

+


1321.3

1672.5

pion

kaon

2.60  108
0.84  1016

1.24  108
0.89  1010

eta


K

5.17  108

5  1019

497.7

Some Baryons

xi

omega

374 Chapter 13 Radioactivity and Elementary Particles

1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
1

2
3

2

stable
stable
2.63  1010
0.80  1010
7.4  1020
1.48  1010
2.90  1010
1.64  1010
0.82  1010
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