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Here's a more exact breakdown of the 118 particle number from the article: 72 quarks: 6 flavors x 3 colors x 2 (particle/antiparticle) x 2 (spin up/down) 12 charged leptons: 3 flavors x 2 (particle/antiparticle) x 2 (spin up/down) 6 neutrinos: 3 flavors x 2 (particle/antiparticle) 2 photons: 1 photon field x 2 polarizations 16 gluons: 8 types x 2 polarizations 9 electroweak bosons: 3 types (Z0, W+, W-) x 3 polarizations 1 Higgs boson That totals 118. Here's a summary of how those come from the 37 fields I listed: 4 x 18 quarks 4 x 3 charged leptons 2 x 3 neutrinos 2 x 1 photons 3 x 3 electroweak bosons 2 x 8 gluons 1 x Higgs boson | ||