by HARVELENA January 31, 2019
Quarks are a fundemental particles, not as small as Leptons (and the family) but very small, there are 6 'Flavours'
1. Up
2. Down
3. Strange
4. Charmed
5. Top
6. Bottom
and three 'Colours' Green, Red Blue.
They exist in differnt charges +1/3 +2/3 -1/3 -2/3 three of these make up neutons protons...
1. Up
2. Down
3. Strange
4. Charmed
5. Top
6. Bottom
and three 'Colours' Green, Red Blue.
They exist in differnt charges +1/3 +2/3 -1/3 -2/3 three of these make up neutons protons...
by Wolfmankurd October 24, 2005
In chemistry, a quark is a simple particle which combines with other quarks to make hadrons. It can be used to describe a very simple (dumb) person. Quarks naturally group together. Chances are, if you find one quark, there's plenty more near you.
Tyler- "Kelsey, why can't you pronounce cinnamon right? You're such a quark!"
Kelsey- "Do you know why you're failing chemistry? You don't do shit in class! You're a quark!"
Tyler-"Damn..."
Kelsey- "Do you know why you're failing chemistry? You don't do shit in class! You're a quark!"
Tyler-"Damn..."
by -Trollkriger- October 08, 2009
Many people think this is the smallest form of matter in the known universe. However, it's actually the second. In fact, this form of matter is larger than the amount of hope that the United States of America would have if Trump is elected President.
by Kb2289 March 17, 2016
by Badger June 10, 2004
a quark is a fundemental constituant of matter
Observed in 1968 through deep elastic scatter
We found that protons aren't as simple as we thought
We thought they were solid particles but they are not
Protons in fact are made up of three separate pieces
It just gets more confusing as our knowledge increases
But that is what a quark is; It's a piece of a proton
And they also make up other things including the neutron
And with leptons and bosons, unless something's amiss,
They make up everything that we can see and that we know exists
Things made up of quarks including protons and neutrons
Are composite particles that physicists call hadrons
Many types of hadrons are theoretically described,
But most exist for only very brief amounts of time
Quarks have electric charge, color charge, mass and spin,
And having color charge means they exist solely inside of
Other kinds of particles and cannot exist alone
Which is why quarks have never been studied on their own
Quarks can join together in two different ways,
Baryons and Mesons, but most instantly decay
If a particle has three quarks, then it's a baryon,
And if there's one quark and and anti-quark, then it is a meson
Observed in 1968 through deep elastic scatter
We found that protons aren't as simple as we thought
We thought they were solid particles but they are not
Protons in fact are made up of three separate pieces
It just gets more confusing as our knowledge increases
But that is what a quark is; It's a piece of a proton
And they also make up other things including the neutron
And with leptons and bosons, unless something's amiss,
They make up everything that we can see and that we know exists
Things made up of quarks including protons and neutrons
Are composite particles that physicists call hadrons
Many types of hadrons are theoretically described,
But most exist for only very brief amounts of time
Quarks have electric charge, color charge, mass and spin,
And having color charge means they exist solely inside of
Other kinds of particles and cannot exist alone
Which is why quarks have never been studied on their own
Quarks can join together in two different ways,
Baryons and Mesons, but most instantly decay
If a particle has three quarks, then it's a baryon,
And if there's one quark and and anti-quark, then it is a meson
Man did you hear that Hank Green song about quarks?
Strange Charm? Yeah! It totally got me into atoms and stuff!
Strange Charm? Yeah! It totally got me into atoms and stuff!
by ♥Nerdfighter♥ August 27, 2011
The mysterious quark is one of the two basic constituents of matter that make up protons and neutrons, with there being exactly three quarks within each kind of particle.
It is often stated that the word was originally coined by Murray Gell-Mann who found it in James Joyce's book Finnegans Wake. However, Joyce himself had probably found the word in a German dictionary.
It is often stated that the word was originally coined by Murray Gell-Mann who found it in James Joyce's book Finnegans Wake. However, Joyce himself had probably found the word in a German dictionary.
"Three quarks for Muster Mark!
Sure he has not got much of a bark
And sure any he has it's all beside the mark"
(James Augustine Aloysius Joyce)
"Getretener Quark wird breit, nicht stark"
(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
Sure he has not got much of a bark
And sure any he has it's all beside the mark"
(James Augustine Aloysius Joyce)
"Getretener Quark wird breit, nicht stark"
(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
by Clittary Hilton November 05, 2007