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strange quark

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strange quark [′strānj ′kwärk]
(particle physics)
A quark with an electric charge of -⅓, baryon number of ⅓, strangeness of -1, and 0 charm. Symbolizeds.


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A new particle discovered in 1974 implied the existence of a fourth quark, called charm (a sort of partner for the strange quark, just as up partnered with down).
The plenary presentations review new results from the CLEO III and CLEO-c experiments, developments in pentaquark theory, open problems in heavy quarkonium physics, and the strange quark sector of chiral perturbation theory.
There is no clear subprocess which seems to dominate the total amplitude, but there is speculation that strange quarks [15] and sea quarks [16] play an important role.
 
 
 
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