: any of several elementary particles that are postulated to come in pairs (as in the up and down varieties) of similar mass with one member having a charge of +²/₃ and the other a charge of −¹/₃ and are held to make up hadrons
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Protons and neutrons are composed of up and down quarks.
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Tom Siegfried, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2024
Fermilab physicists discovered the massive bottom quark, the heavier top quark, and the wispy tau neutrino.
—Byadrian Cho, science.org, 4 Oct. 2024
One of the goals is to better understand the force inside gluons, which hold the quarks together (the building blocks of protons and neutrons) and is known as the strongest force in nature.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 11 Oct. 2024
The Standard Model of Particle Physics describes the fundamental particles that make up all matter, like quarks and electrons, as well as the particles that mediate their interactions through forces like electromagnetism and the weak force.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Apr. 2024
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Tom Siegfried, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2024
Fermilab physicists discovered the massive bottom quark, the heavier top quark, and the wispy tau neutrino.
—Byadrian Cho, science.org, 4 Oct. 2024
One of the goals is to better understand the force inside gluons, which hold the quarks together (the building blocks of protons and neutrons) and is known as the strongest force in nature.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 11 Oct. 2024
The Standard Model of Particle Physics describes the fundamental particles that make up all matter, like quarks and electrons, as well as the particles that mediate their interactions through forces like electromagnetism and the weak force.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Apr. 2024
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“Quark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quark. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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