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Single Idea 21143

[catalogued under 27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 3. Chromodynamics / b. Quarks]

Full Idea

Quarks in threes can build hadrons with spin ½ (proton, duu; neutron, ddu; lambda, dus), or with spin 3/2 (omega-minus, sss).

Gist of Idea

Quarks in threes can build hadrons with spin ½ or with spin 3/2

Source

New Scientist writers (Why the Universe Exists [2017], 01)

Book Reference

New Scientist writers: 'Why the Universe Exists' [John Murray 2017], p.14