Eli5: What exactly are quarks…how many are there…and is there anything smaller?
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they are kind of the atoms of atoms. They make up the particles like the proton and neutron.
there are 6 types of quarks: up down top bottom strange and charm as well as their respective antimatter variants
as to the question if there is anything smaller. they are considered point-like (so they don’t actually have a size)
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