Please Note that this is an extremely fringe hypothesis at best. While some of the particles described here might exist, their existence is unlikely, as they are described to be elusive as to explain why they have not been yet detected. Not to mention that some of these particles are so silly that finding even one would force us to reconsider the entirety of particle physics.
When adding to something, it is a good idea to understand the base concept, so I will assume that you have at least a vague idea of what the standard model is. It's also important to know the difference between fermions (matter particles) and bosons (energy or force-carrying. particles). Luckily we don't have a lot of new bosons, since neither magic nor karma is transferred via boson exchange. Just about every particle here is a fermion.
Finally there are a few tweaks to the ways that we typically think about particles. In the Trigamon Universe, particles have a definite size (they are not point particles), and most of them are shaped like marbles, almost perfectly spherical, with radii on the scale of 10-50m. Next, particles have rest masses which are in direct proportion to their physical size. (A particle's physical size disrupts the Higgs mechanism and that disruption gives it mass)
| Category | Lepton |
| Electric Charge | ~ (√2 + √2i) / 2 |
| Spin | ± 0.5 |
| Rest Mass | ~6.5 MeV |
| Lifetime | ∞ (does not decay) |
The Duron is a fairly important particle in the Trigamon Series as far as understanding the mechanics goes, in that it for all practical purposes enables magic. The Duron is a Generation 1.5 Lepton, it fits into the standard model, but not all that well. The Duron's unusual charge makes it stand out among it's family members, not being an integer or even a real number. Still, the Duron is best thought of as a large, (very slightly) magical electron.
But as bizarre as the Duron is, there is a bit of method to the madness, and some of the patterns of the standard model are preserved. The absolute value of the Duron's charge is 1, just like the other leptons. However, because of the Duron's charge it can never decay in the manner of the Muon, as a Duron decaying into an electron and neutrino/anti-neutrino pair would violate conservation of charge, which is prohibited in the weak interaction.
The Duron also has a nimis (aka magical) charge, which no particle in the Earth standard model has. We say it has a nimis charge of 1, but this is more or less irrelevant, since there are only two possibly nimis charges: 0 and 1. A particle has only these two options as it's nimis charge. Unlike gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong nuclear force, nimis charges don't attract or repel (at least, on their own), although they do affect particles around them, albeit in a different manner. We will cover this more when we cover how magical relativity works, and the effect of the magical charge on the Duron's electromagnetic charge is really quite subtle. In fact, this effect is only noticed when the Duron's charge is measured to almost one googol decimal places.
The oddity about the Duron (and most if not all particles with a magical charge), is that the charge is a rational number, albeit one that is equal to (–√2+√2i)/2. How can a rational number and an irrational number be equal? That's the effect of magic, and I'll cover it more in the magical relativity article.One more important thing to note is that the Duron does have a larger, more massive, generation 2.5 version with a mean lifetime close to that of the Muon. (We don't have a name for it yet) (Different groups report numbers varying from 1.3 microseconds to 0.15 seconds). No quarks of fractional generations have been found, but every Lepton has to have a corresponding Neutrino:
| Category | Lepton |
| Electric Charge | 0 |
| Spin | ± 0.5 |
| Rest Mass | Unknown |
| Lifetime | ∞ (does not decay) |
Like all the other Leptons, the Duron is accompanied by it's corresponding Neutrino. However, Duron Neutrinos are the Neutrinos of the Neutrino world, in that they are unimaginably hard to detect, even for super-advanced civilizations capable of colonizing galaxies. The best data we have at this time is that Neutrinos only exist as Duron Neutrinos 10-88 seconds at a time. Duron Neutrinos also may not have a nimis charge, and may or may not have some alternative magical charge. Investigation is still ongoing; I'll update this space when better data is obtained. However there are also other kinds of Neutrinos:
| Category | Lepton |
| Electric Charge | 0 |
| Spin | ± 0.5 |
| Rest Mass | 1.25 ev |
| Lifetime | ∞ (does not decay) |
As far as Neutrinos go, this one is probably the weirdest. Proton Neutrinos are a bit of a misnomer, not named for how they interact with non-neutrino matter, but named due to an extremely curious phenomenon which allows for the existence of the Trigamon Starkle. (For those of you unfamiliar with particle physics a Proton Neutrino doesn't make sense because Protons are composite particles). And while every non-Neutrino Lepton seems to have a corresponding Neutrino, the converse does not seem true.
The Trigamon Starkle is a Neutrino-based life form, in that it's made of Neutrinos arranged as if those Neutrinos were other matter particles in a normal biological system. This is the fancy way of saying that Proton Neutrinos clump together into nuclei (like protons and neutrons bound together with the strong nuclear force) and electron neutrinos whizz around them as if they were electrons in an atom. The result is a "Neutrino Atom" with a nucleus of Proton Neutrinos surrounded by a "cloud" of Electron Neutrinos.
This atom-like arrangement of Proton Neutrinos and Electron Neutrinos creates raises a bucket full of questions, many which appear uncomputable, if not completely unanswerable. The first is why this happens in the first place. Unlike Protons and Electrons Proton Neutrinos and Electron Neutrinos are completely neutral, and, due to their interaction paths with Durons, also appear to be electrically neutral on the imaginary axis. Also one should note that no bosons are exchanged between the Neutrinos, which further adds to the conundrum. However, several solutions have been proposed, including karmic effects, errors in the universe, gravitational effects, jealousy, and pure chance. However, the most accepted explanation is because they can, or for no reason at all (jealousy of other particles is a close second).
Another observation complicates this matter: where are all the Neutron Neutrinos? If you observe an un-bonded Neutrino Atom with 10 Electron Neutrinos, then it should have 10 Proton Neutrinos, whereas a Neon nucleus can only be stable with the existence of Neutrons. The simplest explanation is that they aren't needed because the electrically neutral Proton Neutrinos aren't repelled away from each other. But the fact that this would imply that the force (if there is one) holding the electron neutrinos is a one-way force doesn't sit well with scientists.
There is one other issue with Proton Neutrino nuclei: they follow the patterns of radioactive decay of the standard chemical elements, except the Neutrino equivalent of an alpha particle is only two Proton Neutrinos (in contrast to two Protons and two Neutrons). This implies that the math is the same for Chemical and Neutrino Atoms, regardless of the particles present. Which leads to the best explanation we have for the lack of Neutron Neutrinos: it's just too darn silly. The calculations performed by the universe account for them, but Neutron Neutrinos are just way too silly a concept to actually exist.
For the last part of this article, we have to take a plunge down the figurative rabbit hole. Not everybody follows the rules, both in the macro and quantum worlds. Satirical Particles are rare enough that they usually get dismissed as measurement errors, and are called such because it's as if they are intentionally making a mockery of the laws of quantum physics. These include:
| Particle: | Sqelectron |
| What it is: | An electron that only makes 90° turns. |
| Particle: | The Santion |
| What it is: | Bizarre Lepton that accelerates a fat guy to 95% the speed of light and shoots him around the word every December 25th at midnight. Rests at north pole rest of year. |
| Particle: | The Unnamed at this time |
| What it is: | Type of magically charged boson that only exists within exactly one foot of restaurant bills. Effects described somewhere in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy™ series. |