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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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