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

This pattern is known by the term "baryon acoustic oscillations".
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).