Physics A-Level
Mesons
What Mesons means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Particles containing one quark and one antiquark, such as the pion and the kaon.
Hadrons such as pions and kaons, which contain a quark and an antiquark.
Topics that use Mesons
- Classification of particles (AQA A-Level)
- Quarks and antiquarks (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Baryon number
- Baryons
- Strangeness
- Antiquarks
- Baryons and antibaryons
- Conservation laws
- Conservation laws in particle decays
- Conservation of baryon number
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