Talk:List of particles

Higgs is not yet Confirmed

The listing of the Higgs Boson in the list of Boson present as being confirmed is misleading. A new particle has been found at the LHC which acts similar to some aspects of the predicted Higgs but is not within other predicted ranges of the Standard Model. Most particle physicists believe this new particle to be the Higgs, but it is not yet "confirmed" to be the Higgs as is suggested by this article, since many of the predictions of this new particle have not yet been observed, such as imparting mass. Until this has been confirmed to be the Higgs, it should not be listed as "confirmed" but rather "tentative" or some other indicator that more accurately reflects the current state of the particle discovered. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.122.237.162 (talk • contribs) 20:47, 2016 July 12 (UTC)

Complaining that, although already observed, the Higgs is not yet confirmed while ignoring a mention of "tachyons" which have never been observed, speaks volumes.

A particle six times as massive as the Higgs that is the requisite spin +2 for a graviton has also been observed, but has no place in the standard model, because gravitons were supposed to be numerous, but not "massive". This is the definition of something that doesn't "fit" any model yet. It is real, nonetheless.Danshawen (talk)danshawen —Preceding undated comment added 02:14, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

New Boson?

Just reading on the Madala Boson predicted by the LHC to 3 sigma. Any movement on this? It seems worthwhile to add it to the theoretical particles list as there seems to be enough legitimate reference material out there as of today (IMO). Here's one: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/new-boson-that-interacts-dark-matter-has-been-predicted-by-scientists-1580132?yptr=yahoo Davidl9999 (talk) 04:57, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

Are graviton spin and charge reversed in error? Feb 24, 2020.

I noticed that graviton spin is listed as 0 and charge is 2. This is the exact opposite of the [Graviton] page. Why is this? Error?

J Mark Morris (talk) 18:32, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

The table under "Hypothetical particles" now says Spin 2, Charge 0. Someone must have fixed it (not me). They could have mentioned that here. 180.150.36.211 (talk) 00:56, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

Lifetime of particles?

Not one mention of the lifetime of the particles? Why? 2600:8802:6400:13:4C7F:739A:CC4F:3739 (talk) 03:59, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

Antiparticles to interaction bosons

are nonsense (historical relict from the beginnings of the particle theories). The Standard model considers antiparticles only for particles of matter.

Neither W⁺ and W⁻ are antiparticles even if the description in the quanum field theory is sometimes similar to the description of the antiparticles. In fact they are originated from the electroweak isospin triplet W¹, W², W³ after the symmetry breaking.

As "self" it ispossible to call particles/antiparticles of some neutral mesons (e.g. π⁰) and tetraquarks (e.g. X(3960)), which are both composite particles.

The column "Antiparticle" for the elementary bosons should be deleted. Petr Karel (talk) 08:02, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

The wikiarticle Antiparticle has the same problem (both in the introductory text and in table Antiboson). --Petr Karel (talk) 15:39, 29 October 2024 (UTC)