baryontophotons
Baryontophotons are hypothetical elementary particles that are proposed to mediate interactions between quarks and leptons. The concept arises from theories attempting to unify the strong and electroweak forces, suggesting a more fundamental structure to matter than currently described by the Standard Model. Unlike photons, which mediate electromagnetic interactions between electrically charged particles, baryontophotons are theorized to interact with particles possessing baryon number. Baryon number is a quantum number assigned to composite particles made of quarks, such as protons and neutrons. The existence of baryontophotons would imply a deeper connection between the quark sector and the lepton sector of fundamental particles.
The theoretical motivation for baryontophotons often stems from models that extend the Standard Model, such as