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Strange quark

Index Strange quark

The strange quark or s quark (from its symbol, s) is the third lightest of all quarks, a type of elementary particle. [1]

66 relations: Addison-Wesley, Additive inverse, Antiparticle, California Institute of Technology, Charm quark, Chirality (physics), D meson, Deep inelastic scattering, Down quark, Eightfold Way (physics), Electric charge, Electromagnetism, Elementary charge, Elementary particle, Eta meson, Exponential decay, Fermion, Flavour (particle physics), Fundamental interaction, Gell-Mann–Nishijima formula, Generation (particle physics), George Zweig, Georgia State University, Gravity, Hadron, Huế University, HyperPhysics, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, Isospin, J/psi meson, John Wiley & Sons, Kaon, Kazuhiko Nishijima, Murray Gell-Mann, Neutron, Nuclear Physics (journal), Particle Data Group, Particle zoo, Parton (particle physics), Physical Review, Physical Review Letters, Physics Letters, Pion, Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Proton, Quark, Quark model, Random House, Richard Feynman, Sigma baryon, ..., SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Special unitary group, Spin (physics), Spin-½, Strange matter, Strange star, Strangelet, Strangeness, Strangeness production, Strong interaction, Subatomic particle, University of Chicago Press, Up quark, Weak interaction, Westview Press, Yuval Ne'eman. Expand index (16 more) »

Addison-Wesley

Addison-Wesley is a publisher of textbooks and computer literature.

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Additive inverse

In mathematics, the additive inverse of a number is the number that, when added to, yields zero.

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Antiparticle

In particle physics, every type of particle has an associated antiparticle with the same mass but with opposite physical charges (such as electric charge).

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California Institute of Technology

The California Institute of Technology (abbreviated Caltech)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; other spellings such as.

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Charm quark

The charm quark, charmed quark or c quark (from its symbol, c) is the third most massive of all quarks, a type of elementary particle.

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Chirality (physics)

A chiral phenomenon is one that is not identical to its mirror image (see the article on mathematical chirality).

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D meson

The D mesons are the lightest particle containing charm quarks.

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Deep inelastic scattering

Deep inelastic scattering is the name given to a process used to probe the insides of hadrons (particularly the baryons, such as protons and neutrons), using electrons, muons and neutrinos.

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Down quark

The down quark or d quark (symbol: d) is the second-lightest of all quarks, a type of elementary particle, and a major constituent of matter.

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Eightfold Way (physics)

In physics, the Eightfold Way is a theory organizing subatomic hadrons.

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Electric charge

Electric charge is the physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field.

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Electromagnetism

Electromagnetism is a branch of physics involving the study of the electromagnetic force, a type of physical interaction that occurs between electrically charged particles.

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Elementary charge

The elementary charge, usually denoted as or sometimes, is the electric charge carried by a single proton, or equivalently, the magnitude of the electric charge carried by a single electron, which has charge.

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Elementary particle

In particle physics, an elementary particle or fundamental particle is a particle with no substructure, thus not composed of other particles.

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Eta meson

The eta and eta prime meson are isosinglet mesons made of a mixture of up, down and strange quarks and their antiquarks.

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Exponential decay

A quantity is subject to exponential decay if it decreases at a rate proportional to its current value.

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Fermion

In particle physics, a fermion is a particle that follows Fermi–Dirac statistics.

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Flavour (particle physics)

In particle physics, flavour or flavor refers to the species of an elementary particle.

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Fundamental interaction

In physics, the fundamental interactions, also known as fundamental forces, are the interactions that do not appear to be reducible to more basic interactions.

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Gell-Mann–Nishijima formula

The Gell-Mann–Nishijima formula (sometimes known as the NNG formula) relates the baryon number B, the strangeness S, the isospin I3 of quarks and hadrons to the electric charge Q. It was originally given by Kazuhiko Nishijima and Tadao Nakano in 1953, and led to the proposal of strangeness as a concept, which Nishijima originally called "eta-charge" after the eta meson.

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Generation (particle physics)

In particle physics, a generation or family is a division of the elementary particles.

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George Zweig

George Zweig (born May 30, 1937) is a Russian-American physicist.

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Georgia State University

Georgia State University (commonly referred to as Georgia State, State, or GSU) is a public research university in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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Gravity

Gravity, or gravitation, is a natural phenomenon by which all things with mass or energy—including planets, stars, galaxies, and even light—are brought toward (or gravitate toward) one another.

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Hadron

In particle physics, a hadron (ἁδρός, hadrós, "stout, thick") is a composite particle made of quarks held together by the strong force in a similar way as molecules are held together by the electromagnetic force.

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Huế University

Huế University (Đại học Huế) is a university located in Huế, the former imperial capital of Vietnam; it is one of the important regional universities of Vietnam.

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HyperPhysics

HyperPhysics is an educational website about physics topics.

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International Union of Pure and Applied Physics

The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) is an international non-governmental organization whose mission is to assist in the worldwide development of physics, to foster international cooperation in physics, and to help in the application of physics toward solving problems of concern to humanity.

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Isospin

In nuclear physics and particle physics, isospin is a quantum number related to the strong interaction.

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J/psi meson

The (J/psi) meson or psion is a subatomic particle, a flavor-neutral meson consisting of a charm quark and a charm antiquark.

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John Wiley & Sons

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., also referred to as Wiley, is a global publishing company that specializes in academic publishing.

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Kaon

In particle physics, a kaon, also called a K meson and denoted,The positively charged kaon used to be called τ+ and θ+, as it was supposed to be two different particles until the 1960s.

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Kazuhiko Nishijima

(4 October 1926 – 15 February 2009) was a Japanese physicist who made significant contributions to particle physics.

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Murray Gell-Mann

Murray Gell-Mann (born September 15, 1929) is an American physicist who received the 1969 Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the theory of elementary particles.

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Neutron

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Nuclear Physics (journal)

Nuclear Physics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier.

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Particle Data Group

The Particle Data Group (or PDG) is an international collaboration of particle physicists that compiles and reanalyzes published results related to the properties of particles and fundamental interactions.

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Particle zoo

In particle physics, the term particle zoo is used colloquially to describe a relatively extensive list of the then known "elementary particles" by comparison to the variety of species in a zoo.

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Parton (particle physics)

In particle physics, the parton model is a model of hadrons, such as protons and neutrons, proposed by Richard Feynman.

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Physical Review

Physical Review is an American peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 1893 by Edward Nichols.

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Physical Review Letters

Physical Review Letters (PRL), established in 1958, is a peer-reviewed, scientific journal that is published 52 times per year by the American Physical Society.

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Physics Letters

Physics Letters was a scientific journal published from 1962 to 1966, when it split in two series now published by Elsevier.

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Pion

In particle physics, a pion (or a pi meson, denoted with the Greek letter pi) is any of three subatomic particles:,, and.

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Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics

Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Physical Society of Japan.

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Proton

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Quark

A quark is a type of elementary particle and a fundamental constituent of matter.

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Quark model

In particle physics, the quark model is a classification scheme for hadrons in terms of their valence quarks—the quarks and antiquarks which give rise to the quantum numbers of the hadrons.

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Random House

Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world.

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Richard Feynman

Richard Phillips Feynman (May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist, known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as in particle physics for which he proposed the parton model.

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Sigma baryon

The Sigma baryons are a family of subatomic hadron particles which have two quarks from the first flavour generation (up and/or down quarks), and a third quark from higher flavour generations, in a combination where the wavefunction does not swap sign when any two quark flavours are swapped.

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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, originally named Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, is a United States Department of Energy National Laboratory operated by Stanford University under the programmatic direction of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science and located in Menlo Park, California.

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Special unitary group

In mathematics, the special unitary group of degree, denoted, is the Lie group of unitary matrices with determinant 1.

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Spin (physics)

In quantum mechanics and particle physics, spin is an intrinsic form of angular momentum carried by elementary particles, composite particles (hadrons), and atomic nuclei.

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Spin-½

In quantum mechanics, spin is an intrinsic property of all elementary particles.

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Strange matter

Strange matter is a particular form of quark matter, usually thought of as a "liquid" of up, down and strange quarks.

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Strange star

A strange star is a quark star made of strange quark matter.

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Strangelet

A strangelet is a hypothetical particle consisting of a bound state of roughly equal numbers of up, down, and strange quarks.

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Strangeness

In particle physics, strangeness ("S") is a property of particles, expressed as a quantum number, for describing decay of particles in strong and electromagnetic interactions which occur in a short period of time.

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Strangeness production

Strangeness production is a signature and a diagnostic tool of quark–gluon plasma (or QGP) formation and properties.

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Strong interaction

In particle physics, the strong interaction is the mechanism responsible for the strong nuclear force (also called the strong force or nuclear strong force), and is one of the four known fundamental interactions, with the others being electromagnetism, the weak interaction, and gravitation.

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Subatomic particle

In the physical sciences, subatomic particles are particles much smaller than atoms.

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University of Chicago Press

The University of Chicago Press is the largest and one of the oldest university presses in the United States.

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Up quark

The up quark or u quark (symbol: u) is the lightest of all quarks, a type of elementary particle, and a major constituent of matter.

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Weak interaction

In particle physics, the weak interaction (the weak force or weak nuclear force) is the mechanism of interaction between sub-atomic particles that causes radioactive decay and thus plays an essential role in nuclear fission.

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Westview Press

Westview Press was an American publishing house.

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Yuval Ne'eman

Yuval Ne'eman (יובל נאמן, 14 May 1925 – 26 April 2006) was an Israeli theoretical physicist, military scientist, and politician.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_quark

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