" In the Standard Model, the theory of the electroweak interaction (which describes the weak and electromagnetic interactions) is combined with the theory of quantum chromodynamics. All of these theories are gauge theories, meaning that they model the forces between fermions by coupling them to bosons which mediate (or "carry") the forces . The Lagrangian of each set of mediating bosons is invariant under a transformation called a gauge transformation, so these mediating bosons are referred to as gauge bosons. The bosons in the Standard Model are: Unsolved problems in physics: Parameters in the Standard Model: What gives rise to the Standard Model of particle physics? Why do its particle masses and coupling constants possess the values we have measured? Does the Higgs boson predicted by the model really exist? Why are there three generations of particles in the Standard Model? Is the Standard Model reality, a good approximation to reality, or fatally flawed? Photons, which mediate the electromagnetic interaction. W and Z bosons, which mediate the weak nuclear force Eight species of gluons, which mediate the strong nuclear force. Six of these gluons are labelled as pairs of "colors" and "anti-colors" (for example, a gluon can carry "red" and "anti-green". ) The other two species are a more complex mix of colors and anti-colors. Furniture Home Model The Higgs bosons, which induce spontaneous symmetry breaking of the gauge groups and are responsible for the existence of inertial mass. It turns out that the gauge transformations of the gauge bosons can be exactly described using a unitary group called a "gauge group". "

"5 MeV Anti-Muon μc 1 1 0 1 1 105. 6 MeV Muon antineutrino 0 1 0 0 1 < 0. 5 MeV Charm quark c +2/3 2 +1/2 +1/6 3 ~1. 5 GeV Strange quark s -1/3 2 -1/2 +1/6 3 ~100 MeV Anti-charm antiquark cc -2/3 1 0 -2/3 ~1. 5 GeV Anti-strange antiquark sc +1/3 1 0 +1/3 ~100 MeV Generation 3 Tau τ -1 2 -1/2 -1/2 1 1. 784 GeV Tau neutrino ντ 0 2 +1/2 -1/2 1 < 70 MeV Anti-Tau τc 1 1 0 1 1 1. 784 GeV Tau antineutrino 0 1 0 0 1 < 70 MeV Top quark t +2/3 2 +1/2 +1/6 3 173 GeV Bottom quark b -1/3 2 -1/2 +1/6 3 ~4. Home Mobile Model Park7 GeV Anti-top antiquark tc -2/3 1 0 -2/3 173 GeV Anti-bottom antiquark bc +1/3 1 0 +1/3 ~4. 7 GeV * - These are not ordinary Abelian charges which can be added together but labels of Group representations of Lie groups. "