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Definition of Hypercharge
1. Noun. (physics) A quantum characteristic of a group of subatomic particles governed by the strong force that is related to strangeness and is represented by a number equal to twice the average value of the electric charge of the group. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hypercharge
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypercharge
Literary usage of Hypercharge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Turn of the Century: 2100 by Charlie Pedersen (2007)
"A name for the set of quantum numbers related to isospin, hypercharge, and
strangeness is said to have been found on the way to lunch by Murray Gell- Mann ..."
2. First Workshop on Grand Unification: New England Center, University of New by Paul H. Frampton, Sheldon L. Glashow, Asim Yildiz (1980)
"Conservation and Violation of the Quark-Antilepton Number Let us consider the
hypercharge YF associated with the SU(3)F subgroup of the SU(3) x SU(3) flavor ..."
3. Topics in the Mathematics of Quantum Mechanics by Robert Hermann (1973)
"... be the charge, hypercharge, strangeness, isotopic spin operators, ie all those
quantum observables which are "additive" with respect to interactions) . ..."
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