Baryon

Of hadron and fermion.   May also be referred to as heavy particle.

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.

This concept's ID is @1~48857

Contains

  • nucleon 4 facts

    A constituent (proton or neutron) of an atomic nucleus.

  • hyperon 1 facts

    Any baryon that is not a nucleon; unstable particle with mass greater than a neutron.