Particles Overview: Learn About Subatomic Particles

[Starproj]

Hi,

I am in emergency mode! I am enrolled in a 400 level modern physics course, that I thought would be a continuation of the 200-level modern physics required as a sophomore. The prof expects us to be familiar with subatomic particles -- all of them. So far in my education I have only been exposed to bosons and fermions and their constituents. I have tried to do a Google search to find a table that summarizes and catalogs these particles, similar to the periodic table, but the sites I have found, to be honest, are more than I am looking for at this point. Does anyone have or know of a handle at-a-glance table I can use to start memorizing them this weekend? I know this sounds desperate, and I apologize, but I am in dire need.

As always, thanks!

 

[the_house]

You're probably going to need to be more specific. If you're looking for a list of all the fundamental particles that we know of (i.e., leptons, quarks, and gauge bosons), that can be found on the Wikipedia page for the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Model" . Or by subatomic particles do you just mean electrons, protons, and neutrons?

A list of all measured (fundamental as well as composite) particles can be found on the http://pdg.lbl.gov/" website. Good luck memorizing all of those. I'm not aware of a condensed table form of those.

 

[dlgoff]

Another good one IMO is: http://www.cpepweb.org/cpep_sm_large.html"

 

[Starproj]

Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. By following your links and doing a little elbow grease, I have been able to generate an outline of what's what and in what group.

I should have been an English major...