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Detector

Detector

The device or machine that measures what happens when a particle passes through it. click here for more information

Down Quark

Down Quark

One of the six types (flavors) of quarks. It is the least massive of the negatively charged quarks. Down quarks are in both protons and neutrons so they are all around us. Danny is shown here as a down quark.

 

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