Strange flavor and spin-one-half state

ID: qcd.strange_quark.spin_flavor_boundary

A strange quark has intrinsic spin one half; flavor does not specify its polarization or a hidden classical tilt.

Status: canonical_reference

Uncertainty

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Sources

• https://pdg.lbl.gov/2024/reviews/rpp2024-rev-qcd.pdf

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