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    The Upsilon meson ( ϒ ) is a quarkonium state (i.e. flavourless meson) formed from a bottom quark and its antiparticle. It was discovered by the E288...
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    first seen 1974, is about three times as massive as a proton, and the upsilon meson ( ϒ ) containing the bottom quark, first seen in 1977, is about ten...
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    the charm quark was first seen in the J/Psi meson ( J/ψ ) in 1974, and the bottom quark in the upsilon meson ( ϒ ) in 1977. The top quark (the last and...
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    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...
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  • ISBN 978-981-02-0708-3. OCLC 636743000. History of the discovery of the bottom quark / Upsilon meson Archived 24 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine...
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    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)...
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  • eta prime meson ( η′ ) are isosinglet mesons made of a mixture of up, down and strange quarks and their antiquarks. The charmed eta meson ( η c) and...
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    Kaon (redirect from K meson)
    particle physics, a kaon (/ˈkeɪ.ɒn/), also called a K meson and denoted K , is any of a group of four mesons distinguished by a quantum number called strangeness...
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  • mesons are the lightest particle containing charm quarks. They are often studied to gain knowledge on the weak interaction. The strange D mesons (Ds)...
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    Pion (redirect from Pi meson)
    In particle physics, a pion (or a pi meson, denoted with the Greek letter pi: π ) is any of three subatomic particles: π0 , π+ , and π− . Each pion consists...
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