: any of several elementary particles that are postulated to come in pairs (as in the up and down varieties) of similar mass with one member having a charge of +²/₃ and the other a charge of −¹/₃ and are held to make up hadrons
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Physicists soon realized that the messy and varied hadrons were in fact composed of just a handful of fundamental particles: quarks and gluons.
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Quanta Magazine, 23 May 2024
In just under four hours, Tyson, who narrates the audiobook edition, looks to simplify the most complicated space science concepts like black holes, dark matter, quarks, and everything else in between.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 21 June 2024
Normal, healthy particles like the electron and the top quark get their masses through something called the Higgs mechanism.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 11 June 2024
The quarks that constitute them also have very little mass of their own.
—Stanley J. Brodsky, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
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Quanta Magazine, 23 May 2024
In just under four hours, Tyson, who narrates the audiobook edition, looks to simplify the most complicated space science concepts like black holes, dark matter, quarks, and everything else in between.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 21 June 2024
Normal, healthy particles like the electron and the top quark get their masses through something called the Higgs mechanism.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 11 June 2024
The quarks that constitute them also have very little mass of their own.
—Stanley J. Brodsky, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
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“Quark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quark. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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