• Thumbnail for Phi meson
    particle physics, the phi meson or ϕ meson is a vector meson formed of a strange quark and a strange antiquark. It was the ϕ meson's unusual propensity to...
    11 KB (880 words) - 04:00, 25 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Meson
    In particle physics, a meson (/ˈmiːzɒn, ˈmɛzɒn/) is a type of hadronic subatomic particle composed of an equal number of quarks and antiquarks, usually...
    70 KB (5,005 words) - 18:40, 19 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vector meson
    the phi meson (φ) has a higher mass around 1020 MeV/c2, indicates that the light-quark vector mesons appear in nearly pure states, with the φ meson having...
    5 KB (586 words) - 22:01, 21 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Eightfold way (physics)
    those that are, are dubbed "hadrons", which are now further classified as mesons (middle mass) and baryons (heavy weight). But the discovery of the neutral...
    19 KB (2,152 words) - 21:47, 29 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Kaon
    Kaon (redirect from K meson)
    In particle physics, a kaon, also called a K meson and denoted K , is any of a group of four mesons distinguished by a quantum number called strangeness...
    38 KB (3,167 words) - 20:18, 30 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pion
    Pion (redirect from Pi meson)
    In particle physics, a pion (/ˈpaɪ.ɒn/, PIE-on) or pi meson, denoted with the Greek letter pi ( π ), is any of three subatomic particles: π0 , π+ , and...
    27 KB (2,779 words) - 01:55, 14 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hadron
    Hadron (section Mesons)
    of a meson. "Exotic" hadrons, containing more than three valence quarks, have been discovered in recent years. A tetraquark state (an exotic meson), named...
    16 KB (1,856 words) - 15:42, 31 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of mesons
    vector mesons. See list of particles for a more detailed list of particles found in particle physics. This article contains a list of mesons, unstable...
    53 KB (2,074 words) - 12:25, 22 August 2024
  • Muon (redirect from Mu meson)
    the two different types of mesons after the second meson was discovered, the initial mesotron particle was renamed the mu meson (the Greek letter μ [mu]...
    46 KB (5,524 words) - 21:35, 23 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for J/psi meson
    (J/psi) meson /ˈdʒeɪ ˈsaɪ ˈmiːzɒn/ is a subatomic particle, a flavor-neutral meson consisting of a charm quark and a charm antiquark. Mesons formed by...
    17 KB (1,827 words) - 08:51, 5 September 2024