Baryons

Baryons always contain three quarks, and at any time may also contain some gluons and quark-antiquark pairs. A proton = uud and a neutron =udd.

Baryons have 1 of each of the possible quark color charges, and therefore have total color charge of 0 and can be observed in isolation.

They have spins of 1/2, 3/2, ... so they are fermions.

For each baryon there is an antibaryon made of the 3 corresponding antiquarks.

Baryon Chart


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