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Delta baryon

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Family of subatomic particles

Key facts

Composition
Δ , : u u u Δ , : u u d Δ , : u d d Δ , : d d d
Statistics
Fermionic
Interactions
Strong , weak , electromagnetic , and gravity
Symbol
Δ
Mass
1 232 ± 2 MeV/ c
Spin
⁠ 3 / 2 ⁠ , ⁠ 5 / 2 ⁠ , ⁠ 7 / 2 ⁠ ...
Isospin
⁠ 3 / 2 ⁠

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

The Delta baryons (or Δ baryons, also called Delta resonances) are a family of subatomic particle made of three up and/or down quarks, the same constituent quarks that make up the more familiar protons and neutrons.

Properties

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Delta baryon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.