BARYON


Meaning of BARYON in English

n.

Any member of one of two classes of hadrons .

Baryons are heavy subatomic particles made up of three quarks . They are characterized by a baryon number, B , of 1, and have half-integer spin values. Their antiparticles (see antimatter ), called antibaryons, have a baryon number of -1. Both protons and neutrons are baryons.

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