Are there particles smaller than electrons, protons and neutrons?
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Explanation:
subatomic particles are smaller than atoms. these subatomic particles are electrons , protons, neutrons.
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Explanation:
Protons and neutrons are made out of quarks. Every proton is made of three quarks. Every neutron is made of three quarks.
Another way to say it that the the size of electrons and quarks are infinitesimal. The size of protons and nucleons is finite.
I have to add some caveats because of a possible ambiguity with regards to scale. The concept of scale is somewhat subjective.
The rest mass of a quark is actually LARGER than the rest mass of a proton or neutron. The binding energy between quarks is negative, so the total mass of the proton is small than the intrinsic mass of the quark. That may be a bit anti-intuitive to some.
One can also play games with quantum field equations. A proton is the product of three quark states. However, the product of three quark states is also the linear superposition of the product of nucleon states. Mathematically, there is no fundamental reason to respect one representation more than the other. So this also anti-intuitive to some.