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mesonnoun(now specifically, particle physics) An elementary particle that is composed of a quark and an antiquark, such as a kaon or pion. (Mesons composed of rarer quarks are much heavier.)
hybrid mesonnoun(physics) A meson composed of quarks, antiquarks, and nonvirtual gluons (instead of the usual quark-antiquark pair bound by virtual gluons).
mesoniumnoun(physics) Any exotic atom formed from a meson and an electron
mesotronnoun(physics, dated) meson
strangeoniumnoun(particle physics) Any meson formed from a strange quark and its antiquark
hypermesonnoun(physics) The hyperon form of a meson
kaonnoun(particle physics) any of four unstable subatomic particles, mesons, they are a combination of a strange quark or antiquark and either an up or down quark or antiquark
hadronnoun(particle physics) A composite particle that comprises two or more quarks held together by the strong force and (consequently) can interact with other particles via said force; a meson or a baryon.
upsilon mesonnounThe upsilon particle
exotic mesonnoun(physics) A meson existing outside of the quark model, such as a hybrid meson or a glueball.
strangeletnoun(physics) A proposed fragment of strange matter, consisting of a bound state of roughly equal numbers of up, down, and strange quarks.
lambda baryonnoun(physics) Any of three particles, having no electric charge and an isotopic spin of 1, composed of an up quark, down quark and either a strange quark, a charm quark or a bottom quark.
quark-antiquarknounA particle-antiparticle pair in hadrons and mesons.
rho mesonnoun(physics) A short-lived hadronic isospin triplet.
quarkoniumnoun(particle physics) A flavorless meson whose constituents are a quark and its own antiquark.
bottomoniumnoun(particle physics) Any meson, such as an upsilon particle, formed from a bottom quark and its antiquark.
photomesonnoun(physics) A meson (usually a p-meson) ejected from a nucleus by an impinging photon
antimesonnoun(particle physics) The antiparticle corresponding to a meson.
pionnoun(particle physics) Any of three semistable mesons, having positive, negative or neutral charge, composed of up and down quarks/antiquarks.
bottoniumnoun(particle physics) Synonym of bottomonium.

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