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cryptoquark

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Etymology

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From crypto- +‎ quark.

Noun

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cryptoquark (plural cryptoquarks)

  1. (physics) A massless quark that is trapped by a superheavy particle.
    • 2016, Frank Wilczek, “Superheavy Light Quarks and the Strong P, T Problem”, in arXiv‎[1]:
      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 cryptoquark.
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