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Greg Bernhardt
Jul11-03, 01:19 AM
The Eightfold Way categories which groups of particles?

The Grimmus
Jul11-03, 01:23 AM
Finaly i have been waiting all day...yeaster day for this...damn you and your 1 hour behind me location.

Now the answer is quirks (i edited it...then i chnged it) but i will learn more about it so i can earn the point sub fairly


sorry i reread soemthing and saw hadons but when i changed it I dident look at you post but looking at the time stamp u beat me too it

KLscilevothma
Jul11-03, 01:35 AM
"Eightfold Way, classification of subatomic particles known as hadrons into groups on the basis of their symmetrical properties.."
http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article?eu=32693

The Grimmus
Jul11-03, 01:44 AM
yea that was the one i read 1 minuet too late...damn you
check this little atom builder out here (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/atom/#)

Greg Bernhardt
Jul11-03, 01:45 AM
i repeat "particles" [:D]

The Grimmus
Jul11-03, 01:53 AM
Fermions and Bosons??

Brad_Ad23
Jul11-03, 01:58 AM
Well there are two things I have heard of this. One deals with baryons (protons et al.)

The other deals with chemistry and the arrangement of electrons in orbital shells.

KLscilevothma
Jul11-03, 01:59 AM
baryons and mesons

Greg Bernhardt
Jul11-03, 02:01 AM
KL Kam gets a point!

The Grimmus
Jul11-03, 02:01 AM
aretn those sub classes of hadons

Greg Bernhardt
Jul11-03, 02:02 AM
Yep, but that's the two particle answer I was looking for.