hadron
Quark-bound particle type
A hadron is a subatomic particle made of quarks held together by the strong nuclear force.
Protons and neutrons are hadrons—the building blocks of atomic nuclei.
The Large Hadron Collider accelerates these particles to near light speed to study fundamental physics.
Hadrons divide into baryons (three quarks) and mesons (two quarks).
Fundamental matter particle
- gluonStrong force mediator
- mesonQuark-antiquark bound state
- protonPositive nuclear particle
- neutronUncharged nuclear particle
pion · antiparticle · strong force · subatomic · fermion · boson · spin · flavor
Proton or neutron
- nucleusCentral controlling part
- protonPositive nuclear particle
- neutronUncharged nuclear particle
- isotopeElemental variant by mass
nuclear force · alpha particle · nucleosynthesis · fusion · fission · radioactivity · decay
Massive subatomic collision facility
- CERNEuropean nuclear research organization
- acceleratorSpeed control mechanism
- beamStructural support member
- collisionForceful contact between objects
detector · synchrotron · luminosity · cross-section · scattering · calorimeter · tracker · trigger
Accepted reference framework
- Higgs bosonElementary particle explaining mass
- confinementState of being restricted
- parityState of being equal
- CPT symmetryCombined discrete transformation invariance
quark
Fundamental matter particle
neutron · pion · antiparticle · strong force · subatomic · fermion · boson · spin · flavor · strangeness
nucleon
Proton or neutron
isotope · nuclear force · alpha particle · nucleosynthesis · fusion · fission · radioactivity · decay
LHC
Massive subatomic collision facility
- CERNEuropean nuclear research organization
- acceleratorSpeed control mechanism
- beamStructural support member
collision · detector · synchrotron · luminosity · cross-section · scattering · calorimeter · tracker · trigger · injection
standard model
Accepted reference framework
- Higgs bosonElementary particle explaining mass
- confinementState of being restricted
- parityState of being equal
- particle physicsquark, quarks, lepton, leptons, boson
- physicsphysics, momentum, atom, acceleration, gravity
- atomic physicsatom, atoms, atomic nucleus, electron, atomic number
- particleselectrons, electron, protons, proton, neutrons
- quantum physicsquantum mechanics, quantum superposition, quantum state, quantum states, quantum entanglement
- fermionsfermion, electron, quark, neutrino, muon
- Large Hadron ColliderCircular particle accelerator beneath Switzerland
- hadron colliderDevice smashing subatomic particles