It has been discussed herejoegibs said:http://www.nature.com/news/not-quite-so-elementary-my-dear-electron-1.10471
It was found out that electrons are made of quasi particles. But kind of fields are the quasiparticles made of?
The link isn't workingMentz114 said:It has been discussed here https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/is-the-electron-a-fundamental-particle.905629/#post-5704739
Try now.joegibs said:The link isn't working
The current understanding is that electrons are considered to be elementary particles, meaning they are not made up of smaller components. However, some scientists believe that they may not be truly fundamental and could be composed of smaller particles or fields.
In the Standard Model, electrons are described as point-like particles with no internal structure. They are the fundamental building blocks of matter and are classified as fermions, meaning they have half-integer spin.
One theory suggests that electrons are composed of smaller particles called preons, while another proposes that they are made up of fields that interact with the Higgs field. However, these theories are still speculative and have not been proven.
Experiments such as high-energy particle collisions and precision measurements of electron properties have consistently shown that electrons behave as point-like particles with no internal structure. This supports the idea that they are truly fundamental particles.
If electrons are not truly fundamental, it would mean that our current understanding of the building blocks of matter is incomplete. It could also lead to new discoveries and theories about the fundamental nature of particles and the universe as a whole.