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Leptons
Class of elementary particles Generations of matter Fermion categories Elementary particle generation Type Subtype First Second Third Quarks(colored) down-type down strange bottom up-type up charm top Leptons (color-free) charged electron muon tau neutral electron neutrino muon neutrino tau neutrino LeptonLeptons are involved in several processes such as beta decay.CompositionElementary particleStatisticsFermionicGeneration1st, 2nd, 3rdInteractionsElectromagnetism, gravitation, weakSymbolℓAntiparticleAntilepton (ℓ)Types6 (electron, electron neutrino, muon, muon neutrino, tau, tau neutrino)Electric charge+1 e, 0 e, −1 eColor chargeNoSpin1/2 ħBaryon number0 In particle physics, a lepton is an elementary particle of half-integer spin (spin 1/2) that does not undergo strong interactions.
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