Strange Quark

Composition	Elementary particle
Family	Fermion
Group	Quark
Generation	Second
Mass	80 - 130 MeV/c2
Electric charge	−1/3 e
Spin	½
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The strange quark is a second-generation quark with a charge of −(1/3)e and a strangeness of −1. In Particle physics, an elementary particle or fundamental particle is a particle not known to have substructure that is it is not known to be made In Particle physics, fermions are particles which obey Fermi-Dirac statistics; they are named after Enrico Fermi. In Physics, a quark (kwɔrk kwɑːk or kwɑːrk is a type of Subatomic particle. In Particle physics, a generation is a division of the Elementary particles Between generations particles differ only by their Mass. The elementary charge, usually denoted e, is the Electric charge carried by a single Proton, or equivalently the negative of the electric charge carried The elementary charge, usually denoted e, is the Electric charge carried by a single Proton, or equivalently the negative of the electric charge carried In Quantum mechanics, spin is a fundamental property of atomic nuclei, Hadrons and Elementary particles For particles with non-zero spin In Particle physics, a generation is a division of the Elementary particles Between generations particles differ only by their Mass. In Physics, a quark (kwɔrk kwɑːk or kwɑːrk is a type of Subatomic particle. The elementary charge, usually denoted e, is the Electric charge carried by a single Proton, or equivalently the negative of the electric charge carried It is the third lightest quark after the up and down quarks, with a mass of somewhere between 80 and 130 MeV. The up quark is a particle described by the Standard Model theory of Physics. The down quark is a first-generation Quark with a charge of -(1/3 e. The first strange particle (particle containing a strange valence quark) was discovered in 1947, with the identification of the kaon, but the strange quark itself was not identified until Gell-Mann and Zweig developed the quark model in 1964. A subatomic particle is an elementary or composite Particle smaller than an Atom. In Particle physics, a kaon (/ˈkeɪɒn/ also called K-meson and denoted) is any one of a group of four Mesons distinguished by the fact that they Murray Gell-Mann (born September 15, 1929) is an American Physicist who received the 1969 Nobel Prize in physics for his work George Zweig (born 1937 in Moscow Russia into a Jewish family was originally trained as a Particle physicist under Richard Feynman and later turned his attention In Physics, the quark model is a classification scheme for Hadrons in terms of their valence quarks, i

Hadrons containing strange valence quarks

Hadrons containing strange valence quarks include the following:

• Kaons are mesons containing a strange quark (or its antiparticle) and an up or down quark. In Particle physics, a hadron ( from the ἁδρός hadrós, " stout, thick " ( In Particle physics, a kaon (/ˈkeɪɒn/ also called K-meson and denoted) is any one of a group of four Mesons distinguished by the fact that they In Particle physics, a meson is a strongly interacting Boson &mdashthat is a Hadron with integer spin. to most kinds of particles, there is an associated antiparticle with the same Mass and opposite Electric charge. The up quark is a particle described by the Standard Model theory of Physics. The down quark is a first-generation Quark with a charge of -(1/3 e.
• The η and η′ flavorless mesons are linear combinations of several quark-antiquark pairs, including the strange-antistrange. In Particle physics, flavour or flavor (see spelling differences) is a Quantum number of Elementary particles related to their In Mathematics, linear combinations are a concept central to Linear algebra and related fields of mathematics
• The φ flavorless meson is pure strange-antistrange.
• Strange baryons are known as hyperons: the Σ's and Λ's have one strange quark, the Ξ's two, and the Ω's three. Baryons are the family of Subatomic particles with a Baryon number of 1 In Particle physics, a hyperon is any Baryon containing a Strange quark, but no Charm quarks or Bottom quarks Properties

See also

• Strange matter
• Strange star
• Strangelet

For the physics concept see Strange matter. Strange Matter is a Children's book series created by Marty M A quark star or strange star is a hypothetical type of Exotic star composed of Quark matter, or Strange matter. A strangelet is a hypothetical object consisting of a bound state of roughly equal numbers of up, down, and strange Quarks The size would be

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