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📚 noun • entry_id 33394

hyperon

/ˈhaɪpəɹɒn/
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hiperón
Any baryon (a three-quark particle) with a non-zero strangeness (i.e., whose composition includes one or more strange or anti-strange quarks).
The known hyperons and their properties are listed in Table I of the companion lectures on Strange Particles. Most of these hyperons have lifetimes of the order of 10⁻¹⁰ sec, with…
What is particularly noticeable is the steep rise in hyperon populations as the limiting mass is approached.
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