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Anti-up quark vs down quark

Physics Asked by wilada on February 12, 2021

I’m beginning to study some particle physics and as I understand, all particles have an antiparticle that is identical besides charge, which is inverted. Thus I understand that there is a difference between an anti-electron and a proton (or vice versa) but since (as far as I can tell) the up and down particles have the same mass, is the anti-up quark a down quark?

2 Answers

No. The anti-up has charge -2/3 and the down has charge -1/3. They do have different masses also.

Answered by mike stone on February 12, 2021

The antiup quark has more charge than down quark. Also they can combine to form pion that has a negative charge.

Answered by Roghan Arun on February 12, 2021

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