In particle physics, a meson (/ˈmiːzɒn, ˈmɛzɒn/) is a type of hadronic subatomic particle composed of an equal number of quarks and antiquarks, usually...

T mesons are hypothetical mesons composed of a top quark and one additional subatomic particle. The second subatomic particle can be either an up quark...

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...

D mesons are the lightest particle containing charm quarks. They are often studied to gain knowledge on the weak interaction. The strange D mesons (Ds)...

(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...

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...

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...

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...

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]...

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...

of a meson. "Exotic" hadrons, containing more than three valence quarks, have been discovered in recent years. A tetraquark state (an exotic meson), named...

pions and omega mesons, the rho meson carries the nuclear force within the atomic nucleus. After the pions and kaons, the rho mesons are the lightest...

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...

Vector mesons play a huge role in the study of the strong hadronic force. ρ meson ω meson φ meson K*(892) meson D* meson J/ψ meson ϒ meson θ meson List...

In particle physics, B mesons are mesons composed of a bottom antiquark and either an up ( B+ ), down ( B0 ), strange ( B0 s) or charm quark ( B+ c)....

physics, exotic mesons are mesons that have quantum numbers not possible in the quark model; some proposals for non-standard quark model mesons could be: glueballs...

physics, a pseudoscalar meson is a meson with total spin 0 and odd parity (usually notated as JP = 0− ). Pseudoscalar mesons are commonly seen in proton-proton...

confined in an envelope of gluons that confer vastly greater mass to the mesons and baryons where quarks occur, so values for quark masses cannot be measured...

example, a baryon, like a proton or a neutron, composed of three quarks; or a meson, composed of two quarks), or an elementary particle, which is not composed...

within hadrons, which include baryons (such as protons and neutrons) and mesons, or in quark–gluon plasmas. For this reason, much of what is known about...

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)...

The omega meson ( ω ) is a flavourless meson formed from a superposition of an up quark–antiquark and a down quark–antiquark pair. It is part of the vector...

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Higgs boson) contributes to the phenomenon of mass. Other bosons, such as mesons, are composite particles made up of smaller constituents. Outside the realm...

scalar meson is a meson with total spin 0 and even parity (usually noted as JP=0+). Compare to pseudoscalar meson. The first known scalar mesons have been...

with strange baryons (e.g. Λ0 b). Quark model B-factory B meson Kobayashi, M.; Maskawa, T. (1973). "CP-Violation in the Renormalizable Theory of Weak...

found in composite subatomic particles called hadrons such as the J/psi meson and the charmed baryons created in particle accelerator collisions. Several...

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The theta meson ( θ ) is a hypothetical form of quarkonium (i.e. a flavourless meson) formed by a top quark ( t ) and top antiquark ( t ). As a P-odd...

as well as the ordinary quark and lepton, and thus also anything made of mesons, which are unstable particles made up of a quark and an antiquark. In the...