An overview of elementary particles and forces studied by experiments carried out at the frontier of high-energy physics. Discussion of basic symmetry principles and conservation laws of nature and review of their experimental tests. Development of the quark model of hadrons and comparisons with observed particle spectra. Review of the Standard Model by comparing predictions to current experimental measurements.

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