sbar

See also: sbâr

English

Etymology

From its symbol s, read as es-bar.

Noun

sbar (plural sbars)

1. (physics) Abbreviation of anti-strange quark.
   • 2015, CMS Collaboration, “Search for a light charged Higgs boson decaying to c-sbar in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     No significant deviation is observed in the data with respect to the standard model predictions, and model-independent upper limits are set on the branching fraction BF( t to H+ b ), ranging from 1.2 to 6.5% for a charged Higgs boson with mass between 90 and 160 GeV, under the assumption that BF( H+ to c sbar ) = 100%..

Anagrams

• ABRs, ARBs, BARS, BRAS, arbs, bars, bras

Welsh

Etymology

From English spar.

Noun

sbar m (plural sbarrau, not mutable)

1. (geology) spar

Related terms

• ffelsbar

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sbar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies