mesotron

Synonyms:

meson

Types:

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b-meson

exceedingly short-lived meson

J particle, psi particle

a neutral meson with a large mass

K particle, k-meson, kaon, kappa-meson

an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision

pi-meson, pion

a meson involved in holding the nucleus together; produced as the result of high-energy particle collision

Type of:

boson

any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle; all nuclei with an even mass number are bosons

hadron

any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles