Full Idea
Quarks, leptons or bosons may actually be made up of something even smaller, bound together by a conjectural new force.
Gist of Idea
Electrons may have smaller components, bound by a new force
Source
Gavin Hesketh (The Particle Zoo [2016], 05)
Book Reference
Hesketh,Gavin: 'The Particle Zoo' [Quercus 2016], p.120
A Reaction
Electrons are a type of lepton. Compare Idea 21180, from the same book. If electrons are not fundamental, what matters is not some 'stuff' they are made of, but a different force that would bind the ingredients.
Related Idea
Idea 21180 Electrons are fundamental and are not made of anything; they are properties without size [Hesketh]