antiquark
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of antiquark
Example Sentences
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Unlike protons and neutrons, which are made of three quarks, mesons are made of one quark and one antiquark.
From Scientific American • Feb. 2, 2023
He and a colleague, Tung-Mow Yan, developed the Drell-Yan Process, which describes the effects of a quark in one particle colliding with an antiquark in a second particle.
From Washington Post • Dec. 24, 2016
The analogy of the colors combining to white is used to explain why baryons are made of three quarks, why mesons are a quark and an antiquark, and why we cannot isolate a single quark.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Consequently, the branching fraction for the decay is expected to be very small compared to the dominant b antiquark to c antiquark transitions.
From Nature • May 12, 2015
Such combinations make up the particles known as mesons, which are unstable because the quark and antiquark can annihilate each other, producing electrons and other particles.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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