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Info and facts on 'Hadron' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | Hadrons are composite particles bound together by the color interaction, and thus are somewhat analogous to atoms, in which particles are bound together by the electromagnetic interaction (An interaction between charged elementary particles that is intermediate in strength between the strong and weak interactions; mediated by photons). |
 | | Hadrons are further classified by their spin (A swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)) and quark content. |
 | | Meson (An elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0) s are composed of a quark and an anti-quark and have integral spin, i.e. |
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