discovery of the top higgs , if confirmed , sets 1 suite of subatomic build blocks whose status is predicted by the prevailing theory , called the standard model , of the particles and forces that decide the fundamental nature of science and energy . in the cartoonish lexicon of modern history , the elementary materials are described molecules , leptons and bosons .
Quarks, leptons, and bosons are the three elementary particles of physics according to the Standard Model.