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nounany of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a hadron with a baryon number of +1
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- quark (physics) hypothetical truly fundamental particle in mesons and baryons; there are supposed to be six flavors of quarks (and their antiquarks), which come in pairs; each has an electric charge of +2/3 or -1/3
- meson an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0
- lepton an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0
- baryon number a number equal to the difference between the number of baryons and the number of antibaryons in any subatomic structure; it is conserved in all types of particle interactions
- antibaryon the antiparticle of a baryon; a hadron with a baryon number of -1
- heavy particle any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a hadron with a baryon number of +1
- baryon any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a hadron with a baryon number of +1
- mesotron an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0
- lambda hyperon an electrically neutral baryon with isotopic spin 1
- hyperon any baryon that is not a nucleon; unstable particle with mass greater than a neutron