Leptons

media type="custom" key="6311691" Leptons are one of the building blocks of matter.

Up until recently, protons, neutrons, and electrons have been considered the most fundamental parts of an atom. However, through research, we have discovered that there are actually smaller particles that make up the proton, neutron, and electron. One of them is the lepton. Leptons make up the electron, and also the muon and tau. These also have antiparticles, known as neutrinos, and they are also consideres leptons. These types of leptons are known as “flavors”.

The lepton is a fermion, which means it has a quantum spin of ½.

Relative to the quark, the lepton is light in weight.

Three of the leptons have an electrical charge(the electron, muon and tau), and three do not(the electron neutrino, muon neutrino, and tau nutrino).

The most important, and known lepton is the electron.