Leptons are a class of elementary particles that do not participate in strong nuclear interactions but are subject to weak nuclear interactions and electromagnetic forces. They include electrons, muons, taus, and their associated neutrinos.
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Leptons come in six types: electron, muon, tau, and their corresponding neutrinos (electron neutrino, muon neutrino, tau neutrino).
Each lepton has a corresponding antiparticle with the same mass but opposite charge.
Leptons obey the Pauli exclusion principle and have half-integer spins (fermions).
The conservation of lepton number is a fundamental principle; the total number of leptons remains constant in any interaction.
Neutrinos have very small masses compared to other leptons and rarely interact with matter.