Particle
Pauli Exclusion Principle
Photon
Pion
Positron (e+)
Proton (p)
Quantum Quantum Mechanics Quark (q)
Residual Interaction Rest Mass
Quantum Quantum Mechanics Quark (q)
Residual Interaction Rest Mass
Proton (p)The most common hadron, a baryon with electric charge +1 equal and opposite to that of the electron. Protons have a basic structure of two up quarks and one down quark (bound together by gluons). The nucleus of a hydrogen atom is a proton. A nucleus with electric charge Z contains Z protons, which is why the number of protons is what distinguishes the different chemical elements. |