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A color-charged spin-one-half fermion occurring in six flavors and confined into hadrons by QCD.
wp-physics-quarknlab-physics-quarkpdg-quark-modelpdg-qcdEach relation below ends at this concept.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
In the Standard Model, quarks are elementary spin- particle species.
The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.
wp-physics-elementary_particlepdg-rppcern-standard-modelwp-physics-quarknlab-physics-quarkpdg-quark-modelpdg-qcdThis is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Quarks are spin-one-half fermions carrying color charge.
The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.
cern-standard-modelpdg-qcdwp-physics-quarknlab-physics-quarkwp-physics-fermionThis is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
QCD describes color-charged quark fields.
A theory, law, or interaction describes the behavior of the target within a stated regime. The edge detail must state important limits or qualifications.
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Quark particles are excitations/asymptotic partonic states of quark fields, though isolated quarks are not asymptotic states in the confined regime.
The source is a material constituent, structural component, or underlying quantum field whose excitation realizes the target physical system or particle. The edge label and detail must distinguish composition from field excitation; neither implies a simple classical sum of parts.
wp-physics-quarknlab-physics-quarkpdg-qcdThis is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Scaling and hard scattering made quark-like partons empirically unavoidable and transformed quarks from a classification device into physical constituents.
The source experiment, observation, anomaly, or problem materially motivated the development, revision, or acceptance of the target concept. Historical influence is not logical derivation; the edge detail states the documented role and avoids retrospective origin myths.
wp-physics-slac_deep_inelastic_scatteringslac-dispdg-qcdEach relation below starts at this concept.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Quarks carry baryon number and antiquarks carry .
The target represents a state, property, observable, or state-dependent description associated with the source system or theory.
wp-physics-quarknlab-physics-quarkpdg-quark-modelpdg-qcdwp-physics-baryon_numberpdg-rpptong-particleThis is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Bottom quark is one of six quark flavors.
The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.
wp-physics-bottom_quarkpdg-rppwp-physics-quarknlab-physics-quarkThis is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Charm quark is one of six quark flavors.
The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.
wp-physics-charm_quarkpdg-rppwp-physics-quarknlab-physics-quarkThis is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
This field or particle carries nontrivial color structure.
The target represents a state, property, observable, or state-dependent description associated with the source system or theory.
wp-physics-quarknlab-physics-quarkwp-physics-color_chargepdg-qcdThis is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Down quark is one of six quark flavors.
The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.
wp-physics-down_quarkpdg-rppwp-physics-quarknlab-physics-quarkThis is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
The six quark species are distinguished by flavor.
The target represents a state, property, observable, or state-dependent description associated with the source system or theory.
wp-physics-quarknlab-physics-quarkpdg-quark-modelpdg-qcdwp-physics-flavorpdg-rpptong-particleThis is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Strange quark is one of six quark flavors.
The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.
wp-physics-strange_quarkpdg-rppwp-physics-quarknlab-physics-quarkThis is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Top quark is one of six quark flavors.
The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.
wp-physics-top_quarkpdg-rppwp-physics-quarknlab-physics-quarkThis is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Up quark is one of six quark flavors.
The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.
wp-physics-up_quarkpdg-rppwp-physics-quarknlab-physics-quark