hyperon

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hyperon (plural hyperons)

  1. (physics) Any baryon (a three-quark particle) with a non-zero strangeness (i.e., whose composition includes one or more strange or anti-strange quarks).
    • 1965, Richard Henry Dalitz, Nuclear Interactions of the Hyperons, page 1:
      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 the exception of the Σ0-hyperon whose electromagnetic decay has an exceedingly short lifetime.
    • 2000, Norman K. Glendenning, Compact Stars: Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics, and General Relativity[1], page 264:
      What is particularly noticeable is the steep rise in hyperon populations as the limiting mass is approached.
    • 2001, M.K. Sundaresan, Handbook of Particle Physics[2], page 21:
      The properties of the Λ0 hyperon and of the Κ0 were more precisely determined. The charged counterparts of the neutral Κ particle were also found as well as the charged Σ hyperons and their neutral counterpart.

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