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  1. noun
    an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0

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  • powell English physicist who discovered the pion (the first known meson) which is a subatomic particle involved in holding the nucleus together (1903-1969)
  • 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
  • yukawa Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981)
  • pion a meson involved in holding the nucleus together; produced as the result of high-energy particle collision
  • b-meson exceedingly short-lived meson
  • k-meson an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision
  • k particle an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision
  • cecil frank powell English physicist who discovered the pion (the first known meson) which is a subatomic particle involved in holding the nucleus together (1903-1969)
  • kaon an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision
  • kappa-meson an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision
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