Definitions
any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles
Word origin
From Ancient Greek ἁδρός (hadrós, “thick”) + -on. Coined by Russian physicist Lev Okun in 1962 in a plenary talk at the International Conference on High Energy Physics.
Used in a sentence
“One can use the lattice simulations, which do represent the rigorous consequences of non-perturbative QCD, as guidance for models of hadron structure.”
“And hence colour, which was initially an ad hoc concept, later turned out to be an empirically confirmed reality of hadrons.”
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01“Collider particle”6 letters
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