What is a Quark?

Miss Hello World
Miss Hello World
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2 min readAug 14, 2023

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What is a Quark?

Quarks are fundamental particles that are the building blocks of protons and neutrons. They are considered point-like or zero-dimensional entities, meaning they have no size or structure that we can (currently) measure.

What are gluons? Gluons are the “glue” that “stick” quarks together to form hadrons, such as baryons.

What are baryons? Baryons, such as protons and neutrons, are heavy subatomic particles…

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Miss Hello World
Miss Hello World

I want to understand – the universe, the world, me. What’s it all about? What is my purpose? As Socrates said, “the unexamined life is not worth living".