Astronomy View all facts Glossary Help| Astronomy View all facts Glossary Help |
| physical object > natural object > particle > boson > meson > kaon |
  | |||
| kaon comparison table | |||
| Subject | is a kind of | has synonym | has definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| meson | boson | A strongly interacting particle consisting of a quark and an antiquark. Its mass is intermediate between that of a proton and an electron, which is believed to be responsible for the strong nuclear force. In contrast to the case of baryons or leptons, meson number is not conserved: like photons, mesons can be created or destroyed in arbitrary numbers. | |
| kaon | meson | K meson | Meson with non-zero strangeness quantum number. |