In dictionaries:
quark model
(physics) A model organizing baryons and mesons according to their composition of bound quarks and antiquarks in groups of two or three; part of the Standard Model.
top quark
Heaviest fundamental particle, strong interaction.
strange quark
Fundamental particle with strange flavor.
down quark
Subatomic particle, charge negative one-third.
up quark
Fundamental particle, positive two-thirds charge.
charm quark
Subatomic particle, third heaviest quark.
quark confinement
charmed quark
Subatomic particle, positive two-thirds charge.
bottom quark
Subatomic particle, third heaviest quark.
quark theory
(physics) The theory that (most) baryons and mesons are composed of bound quarks and antiquarks.
free quark
quark condensate
sea quark
(quantum mechanics) A virtual quark–antiquark pair, formed when a gluon of the hadron's color field splits.
quark stars
quark star
Neutron star composed of quarks.
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