Once hypothesized to be composed of preons, these particles are found in a phase of QCD matter along with gluons.
The CKM matrix describes their decay, and the bag model explains the asymptotic freedom exhibited by their confinement. Once hypothesized to be composed of preons, these particles are found in a phase of QCD matter along with gluons. The weak force mediates the interconversion of these particles, each with an electric charge of two-thirds or negative one-third. First proposed by Murray Gell-Mann, these particles combine to form hadrons, including protons and neutrons. For 10 points, name these subatomic particles found in up, down, top, bottom, strange, and charm varieties.
The CKM matrix describes their decay, and the bag model explains the asymptotic freedom exhibited by their confinement.
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