Elementary particle

:The Elementary Particles is also a novel by Michel Houellebecq, translated by Frank Wynne

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Michel Houellebecq - Frank Wynne

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In particle physics, an elementary particle is a particle of which other, larger particles are composed. For example, atoms are made up of smaller particles known as electrons, protons, and neutrons. The proton and neutron, in turn, are composed of more elementary particles known as quarks. One of the outstanding problems of particle physics is to find the most elementary particles - or the so-called fundamental particles - which make up all the other particles found in Nature, and are not themselves made up of smaller particles.

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Particle physics - Atom - Electron - Protons - Neutron - Quark

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