diquark

English

Alternative forms

• biquark

Etymology

di- +‎ quark

Noun

diquark (plural diquarks)

1. (particle physics) The hypothetical state of two quarks grouped inside a baryon.
   • 2004, E V Shuryak, The QCD Vacuum, Hadrons and Superdense Matter:

     Some of this attraction is due to the scalar diquark content of the nucleon current.

Related terms

• triquark

Translations

the hypothetical state of two quarks grouped inside a baryon

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙夸克 (shuāngkuākè)

• Portuguese: diquark m

See also

• meson

Portuguese

Noun

diquark m (plural diquarks)

1. (particle physics) diquark (the hypothetical state of two quarks grouped inside a baryon)