BOTTOM QUARKS

May 26, 2019

In a new report, scientists have shown how the ‘Higgs Boson’ particle decays to fundamental particles known as ‘Bottom Quarks’.

Participle physics: Basics

  • Elementary Particle: An elementary particle is a particle that is not made up of any smaller particles. All the other particles and matter in the universe are made up of elementary particles.

  • There are two main categories of elementary particles: fermions (matter particles) and bosons (force-carrying particles).

  • Fermions: Fermions are the matter particles. All matter is made up fermions. Fermions are divided into two types of particles: quarks and leptons.

  • Quarks: Quarks are the basic building blocks for protons and neutrons. There are six types of quarks namely: up, down, charm, strange, top, and

Bottom Quarks:

  • The bottom quark or b quark, also known as the beauty quark.

  • It has exceptionally low rates of transition to lower-mass quarks.
    • It is a product in almost all top quark decays, and is a frequent decay product of the Higgs boson.