• Kaon

    Origin

    From contracted pronunciation of K-meson

    Noun

    kaon

    (plural kaons)
    1. (particle) 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
      • K
    0strange quark + down antiquark
      • K
    0* (antiparticle of K0): down quark + strange antiquark
      • K
    +strange quark + up antiquark
      • K
    - (antiparticle of K+): up quark + strange antiquark

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