Up quark
Up quarks Composition Elementary particle Statistics Fermionic Generation First Interactions Strong, Weak, Electromagnetic force, Gravity Symbol u Antiparticle Up antiquark ( u ) Theorized Murray Gell-Mann (1964) George Zweig (1964) Discovered SLAC (1968) Mass 7000220000000000000♠ 2.2 +0.5 −0.4 MeV/ c 2 [1] Decays into Stable or Down quark + Positron + Electron neutrino Electric charge + 2 / 3 e Color charge Yes Spin 1 / 2 Weak isospin LH: + 1 / 2 , RH: 0 Weak hypercharge LH: + 1 / 3 , RH: + 4 / 3 The up quark or u quark (symbol: u) is the lightest of all quarks, a type of elementary particle, and a major constituent of matter. It, along with the down quark, forms the neutrons (one up quark, two down quarks) and protons (two up quarks, one down quark) of atomic nuclei. It is part of the first generation of matter, has an electric charge of + 2 / 3 e and a bare mass of 7000220000000000000♠ 2.2 +0.5 −0.4 ...