exotic hadron

noun

Any hadron not permitted by the quark model but allowed by the more general theory of quantum chromodynamics, including hybrid mesons, gluoniums, pentaquarks, etc.

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Meanings

nounexotic hadron (plural exotic hadrons)

plural exotic hadrons

  1. particlenatural sciencesAny hadron not permitted by the quark model but allowed by the more general theory of quantum chromodynamics, including hybrid mesons, gluoniums, pentaquarks, etc.
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