baryon

IPA: bɑrjˈɔn

(physics) A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing three quarks. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common proton and neutron of the atomic nucleus.

Examples of "baryon" in Sentences

Baryon asymmetry of the universe.
Instantons change the baryon number.
All quarks are assigned a baryon number of.
Mesons are hadrons with zero baryon number.
For the sigma baryon it has a baryon number of 1.
The first charmed baryon to be discovered was the.
Also, on the issue of rules for a baryon to exist.
This asymmetry is called the baryon asymmetry of the universe.
How about the existence of dark matter and the baryon asymmetry
This pattern is known by the term "baryon acoustic oscillations".
The familiar proton and the neutron are examples of the two lightest baryons.
A baryon is a particle of matter made of three fundamental building blocks called quarks.
Since 1970, theorists had been predicting another, subtler structure, superimposed on the 300-million-light-year structure and called baryon acoustic oscillations.
BOSS, the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, is the most ambitious attempt yet to history of the Universe using the technique known as baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO).