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elementary particles
- The particles that make up the atom . The elementary particles include electrons and a large number of particles, including protons and neutrons , that exist inside the nucleus of atoms. Strictly speaking, the term elementary as applied to most of the particles in the nucleus is inaccurate, for scientists now believe that all the particles except electrons are made of still more elementary particles called quarks .
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The study of elementary particles is one of the frontiers of modern physics and is associated with the building of particle accelerators .
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