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So there aren’t six quarks and six antiquarks but rather 36 in total.—Quanta Magazine,
15 June 2026 They’re also composed of a quark and an antiquark.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
12 June 2026 Differences between matter and antimatter have previously been observed in the behaviour of another type of particle, mesons, which are made of a quark and an antiquark.—
William Barter,
Space.com,
1 Aug. 2025 Specifically, a photon with sufficient energy can be converted into what's called a J/ψ meson, composed of a charm quark and charm antiquark through a process that's sensitive to the configuration of gluons in any nearby protons.—
John Timmer,
Ars Technica,
3 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for antiquark