Non-elementary particles
- Molecule, consists of atoms
- Hadrons, composed of quarks and gluons, three types:
- Baryons, Three quarks
- 'Exotic Baryons'
- Pentaquark, made of five quarks
- Mesons, quark+antiquark
Elementary particles
- Fermions, of these particles there also exist an anti-particle
- Bosons, these particles are their own anti-particle. They carry the fundamental forces of nature.
- Graviton, transmits gravity (not yet observed)
- Higgs boson, gives particles mass (not yet observed)
- Photon, transmits electromagnetic force
- W and Z bosons, transmits weak nuclear force
- Gluons, transmits strong nuclear force