Bottom Quark - Hadrons Containing Bottom Quarks

Hadrons Containing Bottom Quarks

Some of the hadrons containing bottom quarks include:

  • B mesons contain a bottom quark (or its antiparticle) and an up or down quark.
  • B
    c and B
    s mesons contain a bottom quark along with a charm quark or strange quark respectively.
  • There are many bottomonium states, for example the ϒ meson and χb(3P), the first particle discovered in LHC. These consist of a bottom quark and its antiparticle.
  • Bottom baryons have been observed, and are named in analogy with strange baryons (e.g. Λ0
    b).

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