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Meson

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Summary

A baryon-number-zero hadron with mesonic net valence quantum numbers, conventionally a quark–antiquark pair; exotic mesons may contain additional quark, antiquark, or gluonic components.

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HadronMeson

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Mesons are baryon-number-zero hadrons, conventionally represented by a valence quark–antiquark pair.

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MesonPion

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Pions are the lightest mesons.

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