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strange quark

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1. strange quark, squarknoun

   a quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 988 times that of an electron and a strangeness of -1

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1. strange quarknoun

   A quark having a fractional electric charge of -1/3 and a mass about 80 to 130 MeV. Symbol: s

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1. Strange quark

   The strange quark or s quark (from its symbol, s) is the third lightest of all quarks, a type of elementary particle. Strange quarks are found in subatomic particles called hadrons. Examples of hadrons containing strange quarks include kaons (K), strange D mesons (Ds), Sigma baryons (Σ), and other strange particles. According to the IUPAP, the symbol s is the official name, while "strange" is to be considered only as a mnemonic. The name sideways has also been used because the s quark has an I3 value of 0 while the u ("up") and d ("down") quarks have values of +1/2 and −1/2 respectively.Along with the charm quark, it is part of the second generation of matter. It has an electric charge of −1/3 e and a bare mass of 95+9−3 MeV/c2. Like all quarks, the strange quark is an elementary fermion with spin 1/2, and experiences all four fundamental interactions: gravitation, electromagnetism, weak interactions, and strong interactions. The antiparticle of the strange quark is the strange antiquark (sometimes called antistrange quark or simply antistrange), which differs from it only in that some of its properties have equal magnitude but opposite sign. The first strange particle (a particle containing a strange quark) was discovered in 1947 (kaons), but the existence of the strange quark itself (and that of the up and down quarks) was only postulated in 1964 by Murray Gell-Mann and George Zweig to explain the eightfold way classification scheme of hadrons. The first evidence for the existence of quarks came in 1968, in deep inelastic scattering experiments at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. These experiments confirmed the existence of up and down quarks, and by extension, strange quarks, as they were required to explain the eightfold way.

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1. strange quark

   A strange quark is a type of elementary particle that is the third lightest of all quarks, fundamental constituents of matter. It belongs to the second generation of quarks and possesses an electric charge of -1/3 and a strangeness quantum number of -1. It is one of the six different flavors of quarks known in particle physics: up, down, strange, charm, top, and bottom. Strange quarks are found in subatomic particles called hadrons, which include baryons such as protons and neutrons and mesons. They are referred to as "strange" because they were first discovered in particles that had unusually long lifetimes.

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1. Strange quark

   The strange quark or s quark is the third-lightest of all quarks, a type of elementary particle. Strange quarks are found in hadrons, which are subatomic particles. Example of hadrons containing strange quarks include kaons, strange D mesons, Sigma baryons, and other strange particles. It, along with the charm quark is part of the second generation of matter, and has an electric charge of −¹⁄3 e and a bare mass of 95+5 −5 MeV/c². Like all quarks, the strange quark is an elementary fermion with spin-¹⁄2, and experiences all four fundamental interactions: gravitation, electromagnetism, weak interactions, and strong interactions. The antiparticle of the strange quark is the strange antiquark, which differs from it only in that some of its properties have equal magnitude but opposite sign. The first strange particle was discovered in 1947, but the existence of the strange quark itself was only postulated in 1964 by Murray Gell-Mann and George Zweig to explain the Eightfold Way classification scheme of hadrons. The first evidence for the existence of quarks came in 1968, in deep inelastic scattering experiments at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. These experiments confirmed the existence of up and down quarks, and by extension, strange quarks, as they were required to explain the Eightfold Way.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of strange quark in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

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   The numerical value of strange quark in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8