Associations to the word «Baryon»

Wiktionary

BARYON, noun. (particle) A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing three quarks. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common proton and neutron of the atomic nucleus.
BARYON ACOUSTIC OSCILLATION, noun. One of the regular periodic fluctuations in the density of the visible baryonic matter of the universe
BARYON ACOUSTIC OSCILLATIONS, noun. Plural of baryon acoustic oscillation
BARYON NUMBER, noun. (physics) A quantum number related to the difference between the numbers of quarks and antiquarks in a system of subatomic particles

Dictionary definition

BARYON, noun. Any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a hadron with a baryon number of +1.

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