Definitions for leptoquark
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1. leptoquarknoun

   Any of a class of hypothetical bosons that would decay into a lepton and a quark.

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1. Leptoquark

   Leptoquarks (LQs) are hypothetical particles that would interact with quarks and leptons. Leptoquarks are color-triplet bosons that carry both lepton and baryon numbers. Their other quantum numbers, like spin, (fractional) electric charge and weak isospin vary among theories. Leptoquarks are encountered in various extensions of the Standard Model, such as technicolor theories, theories of quark–lepton unification (e.g., Pati–Salam model), or GUTs based on SU(5), SO(10), E6, etc. Leptoquarks are currently searched for in experiments ATLAS and CMS at the Large Hadron Collider in CERN. In March 2021, there were some reports to hint at the possible existence of leptoquarks as an unexpected difference in how bottom quarks decay to create electrons or muons. The measurement has been made at a statistical significance of 3.1σ, which is well below the 5σ level that is usually considered a discovery.

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1. Leptoquark

   Leptoquarks are hypothetical particles that carry information between quarks and leptons of a given generation that allow quarks and leptons to interact. They are color-triplet bosons that carry both lepton and baryon numbers. They are encountered in various extensions of the Standard Model, such as technicolor theories or GUTs based on Pati-Salam model, SU or E6, etc. Their quantum numbers like spin, electric charge and weak isospin vary among theories. Leptoquarks, predicted to be nearly as heavy as an atom of lead, could only be created at high energies, and would decay rapidly. A third generation leptoquark, for example, might decay into a bottom quark and a tau lepton. Some theorists propose that the 'leptoquark' observed by HERA and DESY could be a new force that bonds positrons and quarks or be examples of preons found at high energies. Leptoquarks could explain the reason for the three generations of matter. Furthermore, leptoquarks could explain why the same number of quarks and leptons exist and many other similarities between the quark and the lepton sectors. At high energies, when leptons that do not feel the strong force and quarks that cannot be separately observed because of the strong force become one: it could form a more fundamental particle and describe a higher symmetry. There would be three kinds of leptoquarks made of the leptons and quarks of each generation.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of leptoquark in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of leptoquark in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Leptoquark
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptoquark
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=leptoquark