Leptons are fundamental particles . They feel neither the color force nor the nuclear force . That means that they can wander about freely in contrary to quarks which are always bound by the color force. It also means that a lepton can fly right through a nucleus without feeling a thing because it is not affected by the nuclear force.
There are six flavors of leptons, arranged in three generations
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Leptons | |||
| Generation | Symbol | Flavor |
Electric Charge |
| 1st | e | electron | -1 |
| νe | electron neutrino | 0 | |
| 2nd | μ | muon | -1 |
| νμ | muon neutrino | 0 | |
| 3rd | τ | tau | -1 |
| ντ | tau neutrino | 0 | |
About Lepton in German. (Lepton)