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Summary The charge generating electromagnetic U ( 1 ) e m U(1)_{\rm em} U ( 1 ) em β and determining coupling to the photon.
Record metadata
Canonical name Electric charge
Concept ID electric_charge
Content version 2.3.0
Alternate terminology No alternate terminology is currently authored for this record.
Concept type Conserved gauge charge Incoming relations (arrows to this concept) Each relation below ends at this concept.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Relation ID bottom_quark_electric_charge
Relation type State / property description state-description
Direction source β target
Endpoint roles source: Has state / property description; target: State / property description of
Authored annotation electric charge Authored explanation This particle carries the indicated electromagnetic charge.
How to interpret this relation type The target represents a state, property, observable, or state-dependent description associated with the source system or theory.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Relation ID charm_quark_electric_charge
Relation type State / property description state-description
Direction source β target
Endpoint roles source: Has state / property description; target: State / property description of
Authored annotation electric charge Authored explanation This particle carries the indicated electromagnetic charge.
How to interpret this relation type The target represents a state, property, observable, or state-dependent description associated with the source system or theory.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Relation ID down_quark_electric_charge
Relation type State / property description state-description
Direction source β target
Endpoint roles source: Has state / property description; target: State / property description of
Authored annotation electric charge Authored explanation This particle carries the indicated electromagnetic charge.
How to interpret this relation type The target represents a state, property, observable, or state-dependent description associated with the source system or theory.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Relation ID electron_electric_charge
Relation type State / property description state-description
Direction source β target
Endpoint roles source: Has state / property description; target: State / property description of
Authored annotation electric charge Authored explanation This particle carries the indicated electromagnetic charge.
How to interpret this relation type The target represents a state, property, observable, or state-dependent description associated with the source system or theory.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Relation ID muon_electric_charge
Relation type State / property description state-description
Direction source β target
Endpoint roles source: Has state / property description; target: State / property description of
Authored annotation electric charge Authored explanation This particle carries the indicated electromagnetic charge.
How to interpret this relation type The target represents a state, property, observable, or state-dependent description associated with the source system or theory.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Relation ID strange_quark_electric_charge
Relation type State / property description state-description
Direction source β target
Endpoint roles source: Has state / property description; target: State / property description of
Authored annotation electric charge Authored explanation This particle carries the indicated electromagnetic charge.
How to interpret this relation type The target represents a state, property, observable, or state-dependent description associated with the source system or theory.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Relation ID tau_electric_charge
Relation type State / property description state-description
Direction source β target
Endpoint roles source: Has state / property description; target: State / property description of
Authored annotation electric charge Authored explanation This particle carries the indicated electromagnetic charge.
How to interpret this relation type The target represents a state, property, observable, or state-dependent description associated with the source system or theory.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Relation ID top_quark_electric_charge
Relation type State / property description state-description
Direction source β target
Endpoint roles source: Has state / property description; target: State / property description of
Authored annotation electric charge Authored explanation This particle carries the indicated electromagnetic charge.
How to interpret this relation type The target represents a state, property, observable, or state-dependent description associated with the source system or theory.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Relation ID up_quark_electric_charge
Relation type State / property description state-description
Direction source β target
Endpoint roles source: Has state / property description; target: State / property description of
Authored annotation electric charge Authored explanation This particle carries the indicated electromagnetic charge.
How to interpret this relation type The target represents a state, property, observable, or state-dependent description associated with the source system or theory.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Relation ID w_boson_electric_charge
Relation type State / property description state-description
Direction source β target
Endpoint roles source: Has state / property description; target: State / property description of
Authored annotation electric charge Authored explanation This particle carries the indicated electromagnetic charge.
How to interpret this relation type The target represents a state, property, observable, or state-dependent description associated with the source system or theory.
Outgoing relations (arrows from this concept) Each relation below starts at this concept.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Relation ID exp_electric_charge_by_millikan_oil_drop_experiment
Relation type Experimentally tested / supported by experimentally-verified-by
Direction source β target
Endpoint roles source: Experimentally tested / supported by; target: Tests / supports
Authored annotation charge quantization and elementary charge Authored explanation Droplet charges clustered at integer multiples of a common unit.
How to interpret this relation type The source theory, law, entity, prediction, or structural claim is directly tested, supported, constrained, or established by the target experiment or observation. Experimental support is not final logical proof; the edge detail states exactly what was measured.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Relation ID electric_to_photon_coupling
Relation type Physical interaction / binding couples-interacts
Direction source β target
Endpoint roles source: Interacts with / binds; target: Interacts with / bound by
Authored annotation electromagnetic coupling Authored explanation Electric charge is the source/generator coupling to the photon field.
How to interpret this relation type The source field, particle, charge, current, or interaction couples to, acts on, binds, forms, or stabilizes the target in the stated regime. The edge label and detail must identify the exact coupling, interaction, or binding claim and its qualifications.