Word of the Day:
hadron
What It Means
A composite particle that comprises two or more quarks held together by the strong force and (consequently) can interact with other particles via said force; a meson or a baryon.
Hadron in Context
“One can use the lattice simulations, which do represent the rigorous consequences of non-perturbative QCD, as guidance for models of hadron structure.”
Did You Know?
From Ancient Greek ἁδρός (hadrós, “thick”) + English -on. Coined by Russian physicist Lev Okun in 1962 in a plenary talk at the International Conference on High Energy Physics.
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