0 a very small piece of matter that contains a quark and an antiquark
1 a very small piece of matter that contains a quark and an antiquark.
This exchange of identity is similar to a proton-neutron collision with exchange of a meson, in which the two nucleons exchange identity.
Only the meson, or high-energy peak is, compared to the rest, slightly augmented.
The discovery has no practical application at the present time because the meson exists for only about a millionth of a second after its formation.
Nuclear emulsions can be used to record and investigate fast charged particles like nucleons or mesons.
Baryons, along with mesons, are hadrons, meaning they are particles composed of quarks.
Each meson has a corresponding antiparticle (antimeson) where quarks are replaced by their corresponding antiquarks and vice-versa.
The other members of this octet are the four kaons and the eta meson.
Some of non-fundamental bosons (namely, mesons) also may transmit forces (see below), although non-fundamental ones.
