The Six Leptons: their charges and masses

Generation Lepton Charge Mass (GeV/c2)
1st generation electron (e-) -1 5.11x10-4
electron-neutrino (n e) 0 <1.14x10-8
2nd generation muon ( m -) -1 0.106
muon-neutrino ( n m) 0 <2.67x10-4
3rd generation tau ( t -) -1 1.78
tau-neutrino ( n t) 0 <0.080

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