lambda baryon
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Key facts
- Composition
- Λ , : u d s Λ , c : u d c Λ , b : u d b
- Statistics
- Fermionic
- Family
- Baryons
- Interactions
- Strong , weak , electromagnetic , and gravity
- Mass
- Λ , : 1 115 .683 ± 0.006 MeV/ c Λ , c : 2 286 .46 ± 0.14 MeV/ c Λ , b : 5 619 .60 ± 0.17 MeV/ c
- Spin
- 1 / 2 ħ
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Encyclopedic overview
The lambda baryons (Λ) are a family of subatomic hadron particles containing one up quark, one down quark, and a third quark from a higher flavour generation, in a combination where the quantum wave function changes sign upon the flavour of any two quarks being swapped (thus slightly different from a neutral sigma baryon, Σ ). They are thus baryons, with total isospin of 0, and have either neutral electric charge or the elementary charge +1.
Overview
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