Glossary · term
Baryon
Nuclear & Particle
- Aliases
- baryons, baryonic, baryogenesis
- Domain
- Nuclear & Particle
Definition
A particle made of three quarks — protons and neutrons, essentially. Ordinary matter is baryonic; the excess of baryons over antibaryons is the unsolved problem of baryogenesis.
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