discovery of the top higgs , if proven , completes one list of neutrino structure blocks whose existence is predicted by the prevailing theories , called the standard model , of the particles and forces that define the elemental form of matter and energy . in the whimsical slang of modern physics , the charged particles are called electrons , leptons and bosons .
Quarks, leptons, and bosons are the three elementary particles of physics according to the Standard Model.