Kaon

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English

Etymology

From contracted pronunciation of K-meson

Noun

kaon

  1. (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
    • K0: strange quark + down antiquark
    • K0* (antiparticle of K0): down quark + strange antiquark
    • K+: strange quark + up antiquark
    • K- (antiparticle of K+): up quark + strange antiquark
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