baryon
Three-quark particle
A baryon is a subatomic particle made of three quarks bound together by the strong nuclear force.
Protons and neutrons—the particles that make up atomic nuclei—are baryons.
The term distinguishes these heavier particles from lighter ones like electrons and mesons.
Baryonic matter is ordinary matter, as opposed to dark matter.
Positive nuclear particle
- neutronUncharged nuclear particle
- nucleonProton or neutron
- atomic nucleusDense atomic center
- nuclear forceBinds subatomic particles
mass number · isotope · nuclear physics · nucleosynthesis · neutron star
Half-integer spin particle
- hadronQuark-containing subatomic particle
- nucleonProton or neutron
- mesonQuark-antiquark bound state
- leptonFundamental particle without strong interactions
boson · gluon · neutrino · muon · photon · graviton · spin · strong force
Proton's antimatter counterpart
- antineutronNeutron's antimatter counterpart
- antiparticleOpposite-charge subatomic twin
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
- positronElectron's antimatter counterpart
proton
Positive nuclear particle
strange · charm · bottom · top · hadron · nucleon · lambda · sigma · xi · delta
proton
Positive nuclear particle
- neutronUncharged nuclear particle
- nucleonProton or neutron
- atomic nucleusDense atomic center
nuclear force · mass number · isotope · nuclear physics · nucleosynthesis · neutron star
fermion
Half-integer spin particle
lepton · boson · gluon · neutrino · muon · photon · graviton · spin · strong force · weak force
antiproton
Proton's antimatter counterpart
- antineutronNeutron's antimatter counterpart
- antiparticleOpposite-charge subatomic twin
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
- physicsphysics, momentum, atom, acceleration, gravity
- cosmologybig bang, Big Bang, big bang theory, universe, dark matter
- particleselectrons, electron, protons, proton, neutrons
- particle physicsquark, lepton, leptons, boson, bosons
- QCDgluons, strong force, confinement, antiquarks, hadrons
- atomic physicsatom, atoms, atomic nucleus, electron, atomic number