Enum: FundamentalParticleType

Standard Model fundamental particles classified by type

Permissible Values

Value	Title	Meaning	Description
ELECTRON	electron	CHEBI:10545	First-generation charged lepton with mass 0.511 MeV
MUON	muon	CHEBI:36356	Second-generation charged lepton with mass 105.66 MeV
TAU	tau lepton	CHEBI:36355	Third-generation charged lepton with mass 1777 MeV
ELECTRON_NEUTRINO	electron neutrino	CHEBI:30223	First-generation neutrino associated with the electron
MUON_NEUTRINO	muon neutrino	CHEBI:36353	Second-generation neutrino associated with the muon
TAU_NEUTRINO	tau neutrino	CHEBI:36354	Third-generation neutrino associated with the tau lepton
UP_QUARK	up quark	CHEBI:36366	First-generation quark with charge +2/3
DOWN_QUARK	down quark	CHEBI:36367	First-generation quark with charge -1/3
CHARM_QUARK	charm quark	CHEBI:36369	Second-generation quark with charge +2/3
STRANGE_QUARK	strange quark	CHEBI:36368	Second-generation quark with charge -1/3
TOP_QUARK	top quark	CHEBI:36371	Third-generation quark with charge +2/3
BOTTOM_QUARK	bottom quark	CHEBI:36370	Third-generation quark with charge -1/3
PHOTON	photon	CHEBI:30212	Massless gauge boson mediating the electromagnetic force
GLUON			Massless gauge boson mediating the strong force between quarks
W_BOSON			Massive gauge boson mediating the charged weak interaction
Z_BOSON			Massive gauge boson mediating the neutral weak interaction
HIGGS_BOSON	Higgs boson	CHEBI:146278	Scalar boson associated with the Higgs field and mass generation mechanism

Slots

Name	Description
fundamental_particle_type	Type of fundamental subatomic particle

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

from schema: https://w3id.org/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: FundamentalParticleType
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: Standard Model fundamental particles classified by type
title: Fundamental Particle Type
from_schema: https://w3id.org/valuesets
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  ELECTRON:
    text: ELECTRON
    description: First-generation charged lepton with mass 0.511 MeV
    meaning: CHEBI:10545
    title: electron
  MUON:
    text: MUON
    description: Second-generation charged lepton with mass 105.66 MeV
    meaning: CHEBI:36356
    title: muon
  TAU:
    text: TAU
    description: Third-generation charged lepton with mass 1777 MeV
    meaning: CHEBI:36355
    title: tau lepton
  ELECTRON_NEUTRINO:
    text: ELECTRON_NEUTRINO
    description: First-generation neutrino associated with the electron
    meaning: CHEBI:30223
    title: electron neutrino
  MUON_NEUTRINO:
    text: MUON_NEUTRINO
    description: Second-generation neutrino associated with the muon
    meaning: CHEBI:36353
    title: muon neutrino
  TAU_NEUTRINO:
    text: TAU_NEUTRINO
    description: Third-generation neutrino associated with the tau lepton
    meaning: CHEBI:36354
    title: tau neutrino
  UP_QUARK:
    text: UP_QUARK
    description: First-generation quark with charge +2/3
    meaning: CHEBI:36366
    title: up quark
  DOWN_QUARK:
    text: DOWN_QUARK
    description: First-generation quark with charge -1/3
    meaning: CHEBI:36367
    title: down quark
  CHARM_QUARK:
    text: CHARM_QUARK
    description: Second-generation quark with charge +2/3
    meaning: CHEBI:36369
    title: charm quark
  STRANGE_QUARK:
    text: STRANGE_QUARK
    description: Second-generation quark with charge -1/3
    meaning: CHEBI:36368
    title: strange quark
  TOP_QUARK:
    text: TOP_QUARK
    description: Third-generation quark with charge +2/3
    meaning: CHEBI:36371
    title: top quark
  BOTTOM_QUARK:
    text: BOTTOM_QUARK
    description: Third-generation quark with charge -1/3
    meaning: CHEBI:36370
    title: bottom quark
  PHOTON:
    text: PHOTON
    description: Massless gauge boson mediating the electromagnetic force
    meaning: CHEBI:30212
    title: photon
  GLUON:
    text: GLUON
    description: Massless gauge boson mediating the strong force between quarks
  W_BOSON:
    text: W_BOSON
    description: Massive gauge boson mediating the charged weak interaction
  Z_BOSON:
    text: Z_BOSON
    description: Massive gauge boson mediating the neutral weak interaction
  HIGGS_BOSON:
    text: HIGGS_BOSON
    description: Scalar boson associated with the Higgs field and mass generation
      mechanism
    meaning: CHEBI:146278
    title: Higgs boson