cryptoquark

A massless quark that is trapped by a superheavy particle.

Noun

  1. A massless quark that is trapped by a superheavy particle.
    • One can implement the "massless quark" solution in a phenomenologically acceptable way, by using a massless quark that is always confined within superheavy particles, and is therefore effectively superheavy: a...

Origin

From crypto- + quark.

Forms

cryptoquarks