quarkonium
Sign in to saveIn particle physics, quarkonium (from quark and -onium, pl. quarkonia) is a flavorless meson whose constituents are a heavy quark and its own antiquark, making it both a neutral particle and its own antiparticle. The name "quarkonium" is analogous to positronium, the bound state of electron and anti-electron. The particles are short-lived due to matter–antimatter annihilation.
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- Light quarks
- Heavy quarks
- Charmonium <span class="anchor" id="Charmonium_anchor"></span>
- Bottomonium
- Toponium
- QCD and quarkonium
- See also
- References
In particle physics, quarkonium (from quark and -onium, pl. quarkonia) is a flavorless meson whose constituents are a heavy quark and its own antiquark, making it both a neutral particle and its own antiparticle. The name "quarkonium" is analogous to positronium, the bound state of electron and anti-electron. The particles are short-lived due to matter–antimatter annihilation.
== Light quarks ==