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QUARK [3 records]

Record 1 2023-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
DEF

The third quark flavour in order of increasing mass with an electric charge of -1/3.

CONT

The bottom quark has an electrical charge of -1/3, which is the same as the strange quark.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
DEF

Troisième saveur de quark, par ordre croissant de masse, avec une charge électrique de -1/3.

CONT

Le quark s a un isospin nul, mais un nombre quantique d'étrangeté -1.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física atómica
CONT

Los dos leptones de la segunda familia son el muón y el neutrino muónico; sus quarks son el quark "encantado, o quark c, y el quark "extraño", o quark s.

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Record 2 2020-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Relativity (Physics)
DEF

Any member of a group of elementary subatomic particles that interact by means of the strong force and are believed to be among the fundamental constituents of matter.

CONT

Based on current experimental evidence, quarks seem to be truly fundamental particles; they cannot be further subdivided.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Relativité (Physique)
DEF

[Particule] élémentaire sensible à l'interaction forte.

CONT

Dans des conditions ordinaires, les quarks n'existent pas à l’état isolé, on ne les trouve qu'associés en petits groupes appelés hadrons.

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cheese and Dairy Products
DEF

An unripened fresh cheese very closely resembling Baker's and popular in Central Europe, is Quarg, sometimes called Quark. Germany was the home of Quarg where its per capita consumption is higher than yogurt.

OBS

When referring to the registered product " Quark" or "Quarg" take a capital letter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Productos lácteos
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