Particle zoo

In particle physics, the term particle zoo is used colloquially to describe the relatively extensive list of known subatomic particles by analogy to the variety of species in a zoo. In the history of particle physics, the topic of particles was considered to be particularly confusing in the late 1960s.

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Particle zoo

In particle physics, the term particle zoo is used colloquially to describe the relatively extensive list of known subatomic particles by analogy to the variety of species in a zoo. In the history of particle physics, the topic of particles was considered to be particularly confusing in the late 1960s.

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