fundamental particle

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Heavy protons—each of which is actually a teeming bundle of smaller, more fundamental particles—create messy, debris-clogged, high-energy collisions.

From Scientific American

If neutrinoless double beta decay is ever observed it would indicate that the neutrino is its own antiparticle, unlike any other fundamental particle that has mass.

From Science Magazine

In the subatomic realm, the Standard Model reigns as the current theory of fundamental particles and their interactions.

From Scientific American

From quantum mechanics, physicists already knew that fundamental particles fell into one of two groups.

From New York Times

High school physics would have you believe that inside this proton you'll find a simple triad of three fundamental particles called quarks—two up quarks and one down quark.

From Scientific American