exotic hadrons

A form of exotic hadron — 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

noun
  1. pluralplural of exotic hadron
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