Neutral Particle - Other Neutral Particles

Other Neutral Particles

See also: list of mesons and list of baryons

Other neutral particles are very short-lived and decay before they could be detected even if they were charged. They have been observed only indirectly. They include:

  • Z bosons
  • Dozens of heavy neutral hadrons:
    • Neutral mesons such as the π0 and K0
    • The neutral Delta baryon (Δ0), and other neutral baryons, such as the Ξ0 and Λ0

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