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Separate a quark from its antiquark, and a string forms between them that pulls them back together.—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 18 Apr. 2023 Specifically, a photon with sufficient energy can be converted into what's called a J/ψ meson, composed of a charm quark and charm antiquark through a process that's sensitive to the configuration of gluons in any nearby protons.—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 Apr. 2023 The smaller bits making up protons, neutrons and SIMPs are called quarks, but in the SIMP’s case, they would be individually composed of a quark paired with a hypothetical antiquark, which primarily goes about its business in the dark sector beyond the standard model.—Adam Hadhazy, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2019 Quark-antiquark pairs are constantly popping in and out of existence, and gluons tend to split and multiply, especially when a proton gains speed.—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2023 See all Example Sentences for antiquark
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