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the electron really is the fundamental particle The curious thing is it has an electric charge of -1. But quarks, constituents of protons and neutrons, have +2
by PhantomGremlin 11y ago
the electron really is the fundamental particle
The curious thing is it has an electric charge of -1. But quarks, constituents of protons and neutrons, have +2/3 and -1/3 charge. So how is it that internally a proton has fractional charges but there's nothing analogous for the electron?
How is it that there's such weird asymmetry there? Why have we only observed -1, +2/3, and -1/3 for electric charge?
Somehow that just doesn't seem "fundamental" to me as a lay person.