Are neutrons the cause of the weak force?

[Sensei]

53 minutes ago, Strange said:

All mesons and baryons consist of quarks. 

Quarks and anti-quarks in Standard Model classification of subatomic particles.

Anti-quark is different from quark, opposite charge, opposite quantum numbers.

 

48 minutes ago, MarkE said:

That's not what swansont said:

He meant "neither quark mentioned by you" (up/down)..

(but other strange/charm/top/bottom and their anti-particle equivalents)

 

Edited August 29, 2017 by Sensei

[MarkE]

24 minutes ago, Sensei said:

He meant "neither quark mentioned by you" (up/down)..

So the source could still be a quark then?

[Strange]

1 hour ago, MarkE said:

That's not what swansont said:

 

He meant neither up nor down quarks. It is obvious from the context. 

1 hour ago, MarkE said:

So the source could still be a quark then?

It can be. Or a lepton. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weak_interaction#Neutral-current_interaction

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/W_and_Z_bosons

[MarkE]

1 hour ago, Strange said:

It can be. Or a lepton. 

Are we to conclude then that the force carriers of the weak interaction originate only from within both quarks and leptons?

Edited August 29, 2017 by MarkE

[Strange]

1 hour ago, MarkE said:

Are we to conclude then that the force carriers of the weak interaction originate only from within both quarks and leptons?

In other words, all fermions ("matter particles").