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Nuclear & Particle Physics

Hadrons

Subatomic composite particles made of quarks and gluons held together by the strong nuclear force.

Strongly interacting composite particles (Baryons & Mesons) Composite Particle Class Nuclear & Particle Physics

Half-Life

The time required for half the radioactive nuclei in a given sample to undergo spontaneous radioactive decay.

t_½ = ln(2) / λ ≈ 0.693 / λ, N(t) = N₀ (½)^(t / t_½) Seconds, Hours, or Years Nuclear & Particle Physics

Higgs Boson

An elementary scalar boson associated with the Higgs field that endows fundamental particles with rest mass via electroweak symmetry…

m_H ≈ 125.1 GeV/c², Spin = 0, Scalar Field φ GeV/c² (Mass Energy)