K meson

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K meson [′kā ¦mā‚sän]

(particle physics)

Collective name for four pseudo-scalar mesons, having masses of about 495 MeV (megaelectronvolts) and decaying via weak interactions:K⁺,K^-,K⁰_S, andK⁰_L; they consist of two isotopic spin doublets, the (K⁺,K⁰) doublet and its antiparticle doublet (K^-,K̄⁰), having hypercharge or strangeness of +1 and -1 respectively, whereK⁰andK̄⁰are certain combinations ofK_L⁰andK_S⁰states. Also known as kaon.

Collective name for any meson resonance belonging to an isotopic doublet with hypercharge +1 or -1, denotedK_JP(m) orK̄_JP(m) respectively, wheremis the mass in megaelectronvolts, andJandPare the spin and parity.

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No references found			A Monte Carlo simulation was produced to better understand CLAS's backward angle detection of K mesons produced from the phi meson photoproduction process. K meson simulations using the Jefferson lab computing farm by Paolone, Michael; Tedeschi, David; Korang-Beheshti, Yossef / Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of Science It produces a particle called an eta meson six times as often as the K meson that theory says should be more prevalent, explains James S. Misbehavin' meson: perplexing particle flouts the rules by Weiss, P. / Science News This disparity, called the charge-parity (CP) violation, first became apparent in 1964 among particles known as K mesons. Antimatter mystery transcends new data by Weiss, P. / Science News			JVC Jazz Festival JVM JW Wells State Park JWI JXTA Jyestha Ashtami Jylland Jym Jynginae Jyvaskyla Jyväskylä Jyvaskyla Arts Festival k K acid K band K bentonite K capture K corona K damage K display K electron K factor K feldspar K gun K indicator K meson K Monel K Potassium K ratio K scan K scope K selection K shell K star K theory K transfer K truss K virus K&R K&R C K'ang Te K'ang Yu-wei K'ang-hsi K'ung Fu K'ung Hsiang-hsi K'ut'aisi K-14 sight K-18 sight K-A age K-A decay K-band single-access service			K cell K cells K cells K cells K cells K chain K corona K damage K desktop K Desktop Enviornment K desktop environment K desktop environment K display K East Basin K electron K factor K factor K feldspar K Foundation K gun K hole K hole K I T T K indicator K International School Tokyo K Language K m K map K maps K Mart model K meson K Monel K n K of C K of C K of P K Out of M K particle K Potassium K Project K Quality Radio Station K rail K rails K Rapid Acoustic Dialer K ratio K ration K rav Maga K Records K scan K scope K selection K selection K shell K SICCA K star K STATE K Technology Corporation

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