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What’s the #SmallestParticle in the #Universe? The answer to this supposedly simple #ParticlePhysics question isn’t so simple; All #FundamentalParticles have-#NoSize-whatsoever. There’s a categorical difference between a particle that’s #SmallestInMass and a particle that’s #SmallestInDiameter. There’s another important categorical difference to account for as well, a functional distinction between two different classes of particles: #Fermions, or #MatterParticles such as #Protons or #Electrons that comprise everything in the universe, and #Bosons, or #CarrierParticles such as #Photons that deliver forces between fermions. The clear winner of the competition for “universe’s smallest particle” would be the #MasslessPhoton. (#Gluons—bosons that bind together quarks—are also thought to be massless but are much harder to study because they’re typically trapped inside protons and neutrons.) If we’re talking about fermions, the particles that are the building blocks of matter—a reasonable guess for the universe’s smallest particle would be the #Neutrino. https://t.co/GtBx3PZGXN

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