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The discussion centers on identifying the meson formed by a down quark paired with an anti-charm quark, which is confirmed to be the D-minus meson. The user expressed difficulty navigating the Particle Data Group (PDG) website to find this information. In contrast, the D-plus meson consists of one charm quark and one anti-down quark. A recommended resource for further information is HyperPhysics, specifically their section on D mesons.

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I have a down quark paired with an anti-charm quark (dc) and I can't find what particle this makes. I checked the PDG's site, but got lost in their list of mesons (they didn't see to get the quark combination, or if they did, they did a good job at hiding it).
 
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it is the Dminus meson. The Dplus meson has one charm and one anti down.
 

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