" Since the masses of the first generation quarks are significantly below the QCD scale, the uncertainties here are pretty large. In fact, current QCD lattice models seem to suggest a significantly lower mass of these quarks from that of this table . The fermions can be arranged in three generations, the first one consisting of the electron, the up and down quarks, and the electron neutrino. All ordinary matter is made from first generation particles; the higher generation particles decay quickly into the first generation ones and can only be generated for a short time in high-energy experiments. The reason for arranging them in generations is that the four fermions in each generation behave almost exactly like their counterparts in the other generations; the only difference is in their masses. For example, the electron and the muon both have half-integer spin and unit electric charge, but the muon is about 200 times more massive. The electron and the electron-neutrino, and their counterparts in the other generations, are called "leptons", "weakly interacting particles". Black Model Unlike the quarks, they do not possess a quality called "color", and their interactions are only weak and electromagnetic, and fall off with distance. On the other hand, the strong or "color" force between quarks gets stronger with distance, so that quarks are always found in colorless combinations called hadrons, a phenomenon known as quark confinement. "

" Tests and predictions The Standard Model predicted the existence of W and Z bosons, the gluon, the top quark and the charm quark before these particles had been observed. Their predicted properties were experimentally confirmed with good precision. The Large Electron-Positron collider at CERN tested various predictions about the decay of Z bosons, and found them confirmed. To get an idea of the success of the Standard Model a comparison between the measured and the predicted values of some quantities are shown in the following table: Quality Measured (GeV) SM prediction (GeV) Mass of W boson 80,4120±0,0420 80,3900±0,0180 Mass of Z boson 91,1874±0,0021 91,1874±0,0021 Challenges to the Standard Model Although the Standard Model has had great success in explaining experimental results, it has never been accepted as a complete theory of fundamental physics. This is because it has two important defects: The model contains 19 free parameters, such as particle masses, which must be determined experimentally (plus another 10 for neutrino masses). These parameters cannot be independently calculated. The model does not describe the gravitational interaction. Oz Model Since the completion of the Standard Model, many efforts have been made to address these problems. One attempt to address the first defect is known as grand unification. "