xi-c baryon

American  

[zahy see bar-ee-ahn, sahy, ksee] / ˈzaɪ ˈsi ˈbær iˌɑn, ˈsaɪ, ˈksi /

noun

xi-c baryons plural

1. Physics. either of two related baryons containing two strange quarks, one neutral with a mass of 4,826 times that of an electron and an average lifetime of 3.5 × 10^-13 seconds, and the other positively charged with a mass of 4,834 times that of an electron and an average lifetime of 9.8 × 10^-14 seconds.

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xi-c baryon Scientific  

1. Either of two subatomic particles in the baryon family, one neutral and one positively charged, with masses of 4,826 and 4,834 times that of an electron and average lifetimes of 3.5 × 10 ^{- 13} and 9.8 × 10 ^{- 14} seconds, respectively.

2. See Table at subatomic particle

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• xi-c baryons
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