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Hyperon vs Antihyperon - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between hyperon and antihyperon

is that hyperon is hyperon while antihyperon is (physics) the antiparticle of a hyperon.

hyperon

English

Noun

(wikipedia hyperon) (en noun)
  • (physics) Any baryon with a non-zero strangeness (i.e., whose composition includes one or more strange or anti-strange quarks).
  • * 1965', Richard Henry Dalitz, ''Nuclear Interactions of the '''Hyperons , page 1,
    • The known hyperons' and their properties are listed in Table I of the companion lectures on Strange Particles. Most of these '''hyperons''' have lifetimes of the order of 10-10 sec, with the exception of the ?0-' hyperon whose electromagnetic decay has an exceedingly short lifetime.
  • * 2000 , Norman K. Glendenning, Compact Stars: Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics, and General Relativity , page 264,
    • What is particularly noticeable is the steep rise in hyperon populations as the limiting mass is approached.
  • * 2001 , M.K. Sundaresan, Handbook of Particle Physics , page 21,
    • The properties of the ?0 hyperon' and of the ''?''0 were more precisely determined. The charged counterparts of the neutral ''?'' particle were also found as well as the charged ? ' hyperons and their neutral counterpart.

    antihyperon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics) The antiparticle of a hyperon