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Leptons

Concept

Elementary particles that do not experience the strong interaction.

Explanation or usage

Electrons, muons and tau particles are charged leptons. Electron, muon and tau neutrinos are neutral leptons.

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In modern particle physics, leptons include the electron, muon, tau, and their corresponding neutrinos. Neutrinos have nonzero masses.