Meson octet. Diagram organising mesons into an octet according to their charge and strangeness. Particles along the same diagonal line share the same
Meson octet. Diagram organising mesons into an octet according to their charge and strangeness. Particles along the same diagonal line share the same charge; positive (+1), neutral (0), or negative (-1). Particles along the same horizontal line share the same strangeness. Strangeness is a quantum property that is conserved in strong and electromagnetic interactions, between particles, but not in weak interactions. Mesons are made up of one quark and one antiquark. Particles with a strangeness of +1, such as the kaons (blue and red) in the top line, contain one strange antiquark. Particles with a strangeness of 0, such as the pion mesons (green) and eta meson (yellow) in the middle line, contain no strange quarks. Particles with a strangeness of -1, such as the antiparticle kaons (pink) in the bottom line, contain one strange quark.
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