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meson

(two-quark particles)

A meson is a composite particle comprised of two quarks, generally a quark and an antiquark (a quark's antimatter-equivalent). There are numerous kinds of mesons, depending upon the combination of quarks, that very in mass and electric charge, one type being the pion.


Note that at some point in its history, particle physics refined the definition of a meson as more details of particle-interaction was discovered, such that some particles previously classified as mesons no longer fit the definition. For example, before this change, the muon was considered a type of meson.


(physics,particle)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mesons
https://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/M/meson.html
https://www.vedantu.com/physics/meson
https://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/Meson.html
https://www.britannica.com/science/meson
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Particles/hadron.html
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Particles/haddia.html
https://pressbooks.online.ucf.edu/phy2053bc/chapter/quarks-is-that-all-there-is/

Referenced by pages:
baryon
color charge
hadron
particle
pion (π)
quark
quark-gluon plasma (QGP)

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