strong interaction
/strɔŋ_,ɪntər'ækʃən/
Definition that contains strong interaction
- color (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
- colour (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
- gluon a gauge boson that mediates strong interaction among quarks
- quantum chromodynamics a theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus); it assumes that strongly interacting particles (hadrons) are made of quarks and that gluons bind the quarks together
- 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
- 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
- qcd a theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus); it assumes that strongly interacting particles (hadrons) are made of quarks and that gluons bind the quarks together