discovery of the top quark , if confirming , contains one set of subatomic building blocks whose existence is predicted by the dominant models , or the reference model , of the particles and properties that control the fundamental nature of matter and heat . in the whimsical lexicon of contemporary physics , the elementary particles are described quarks , leptons and bosons .
Quarks, leptons, and bosons are the three elementary particles of physics according to the Standard Model.