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Baryon vs Decuplet - What's the difference?

baryon | decuplet |

As nouns the difference between baryon and decuplet

is that baryon is a heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing three quarks. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common proton and neutron of the atomic nucleus while decuplet is a collection of spin-3/2 baryons described in the eightfold way.

baryon

English

(wikipedia baryon)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (particle) A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing three quarks. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common proton and neutron of the atomic nucleus.

    • Derived terms

    * exotic baryon

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    decuplet

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics) A collection of spin-3/2 baryons described in the eightfold way.
  • (music) A group of ten notes played in place of four or eight.

    • Synonyms

    * decaplet

    Related terms

    * decuple