What Are Charm Quarks And Why Are They So Bizarre?

The discovery that protons can contain quarks heavier than themselves is weird even by quantum physics standards and raises the question of what these quarks are in the first place.
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What Are Charm Quarks And Why Are They So Bizarre?

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