Everything2
Near Matches
Ignore Exact
Full Text
Everything2

baryon

created by penrose

(thing) by Tilyrna (7.8 y) (print)   ?   1 C! I like it! Sat Nov 13 1999 at 9:54:35

A baryon is one of the two types of hadrons, the other being the meson (particle). In 1964 Murray Gell-Mann and George Zweig independantly theorized that hadrons are made of quarks. Modern research has found that a baryon is composed of three quarks or three anti-quarks (making an anti-baryon). There are 120 types of baryon. Examples: proton, anti-proton, lambda, neutron, omega...

(thing) by dsx (1.9 y) (print)   ?   1 C! I like it! Wed Nov 06 2002 at 7:13:30

A baryon is a particle that consists of three quarks (or antiquarks, in which case they form an antibaryon). Baryons form a subset of hadrons.

The following is a (growing) list of baryons. If you spot an error, feel free to /msg me. If you want to add some, /msg me too, rather than creating a new writeup.

Notes:

  • All rest masses are in MeV/c2.
  • All of these particles have baryon number B=+1 and spin number S=+3/2.
  • "Makeup" refers to the constituent quarks (u=up, d=down, s=strange, c=charm).
  • An underlined symbol denotes an antiparticle, which is normally written with a bar over the symbol.

    Proton (p)
    Makeup: uud
    Rest Mass: 938.3
    Charge: +1
    Common Decay Modes: none

    Neutron (n)
    Makeup: udd
    Rest Mass: 939.6
    Charge: 0
    Common Decay Modes: n -> p + e- + νe

    Lambda Zero0)
    Makeup: uds
    Rest Mass: 1115.6
    Charge: +1
    Common Decay Modes: Λ0 -> p + π-, Λ0 -> n + π0

    Lambda Charmed0c)
    Makeup: udc
    Rest Mass: 2281
    Charge: +1
    Common Decay Modes: ?

    Sigma Positive+)
    Makeup: uus
    Rest Mass: 1189.4
    Charge: +1
    Common Decay Modes: Σ+ -> p + π0, Σ+ -> n + π+

    Sigma Zero0)
    Makeup: uds
    Rest Mass: 1192.5
    Charge: 0
    Common Decay Modes: Σ0 -> Λ0 + γ

    Sigma Negative-)
    Makeup: dds
    Rest Mass: 1197.3
    Charge: -1
    Common Decay Modes: Σ- -> n + π-

    Delta Positive+)
    Makeup: uud (same as proton)
    Rest Mass: ?
    Charge: +1
    Common Decay Modes: Δ+ -> p, Δ+ -> π0

    Delta Zero0)
    Makeup: udd (same as neutron)
    Rest Mass: ?
    Charge: 0
    Common Decay Modes: Δ0 -> n, Δ0 -> π0

    Delta Negative-)
    Makeup: ddd
    Rest Mass: ?
    Charge: -1
    Common Decay Modes: Δ- -> n, Δ- -> π-

    Delta Double Positive++)
    Makeup: uuu
    Rest Mass: 1232
    Charge: +2
    Common Decay Modes: Δ++ -> p, Δ++ -> π+

    Xi Zero0)
    Makeup: uss
    Rest Mass: 1315
    Charge: 0
    Common Decay Modes: Ξ0 -> Λ0 + π0

    Xi Negative-)
    Makeup: dss
    Rest Mass: 1321
    Charge: -1
    Common Decay Modes: Ξ- -> Λ0 + π-

    Omega Negative-)
    Makeup: sss
    Rest Mass: 1672
    Charge: -1
    Common Decay Modes: Ω- -> Ξ0 + π-, Ω- -> Λ0 + K-


printable version
chaos

hadron The particles of Star Trek Baryonic matter Meson
quark gluon plasma Will nanotech destroy science fiction? fermion lambda
quark Baryon number Big Bang Nucleosynthesis Omega
xi proton Greek Particles strong nuclear force
lepton The Sub-Atomic Physics Project The Everything Census : 2007 sigma
delta neutron antibaryon quantum gravity
Y'know, if you log in, you can write something here, or contact authors directly on the site. Create a New User if you don't already have an account.
  Epicenter
Login
Password

password reminder
register

Everything2 Help

Cool Staff Picks
Little presents from the Node Fairy:
You are my electronic human being: my second chance, my way to mend the past.
Tao Te Ching
The Burghers of Calais
Today Is the Tomorrow You were Promised Yesterday : 200 years of Information
closed timelike curve
Pig on her back
Ten reasons to believe in God
Everything Editor Logs
Lorelei
Memento
Hiraeth
Squirrel
Nystagmus
New Writeups
locke baron
Multiple Myeloma(thing)
SubSane
blonde, freckles, skinny, short(person)
arcanamundi
A Ruba'iyat for May(person)
riverrun
Timed Writing(idea)
auraseer
Fling(fiction)
StrawberryFrog
Iron Man(review)
devolution
Misogyny and Porn, East to West - An Empirical Analysis(idea)
devolution
Korea is a place that refuses to stand still(idea)
Beanie127
The Pacifist Soldier(fiction)
VergilKint
Distilled from Dreams(fiction)
Scaevola
Roman marriage(thing)
rootbeer277
m&m's Ice Cream Treats(review)
Transitional Man
Gus's Chalet(review)
minnow
.410 bore(thing)
shaogo
Phonautogram(thing)
This affordable entertainment brought to you by The Everything Development Company