quark

elementary particles that make up hadrons in the Standard Model of particle physics
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quark

Summary

quark is a type of quantum particle[1]. quark ranks in the top 2% of type_of_quantum_particle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,526 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • quark's instance of is recorded as type of quantum particle[3].
  • quark was followed by meson[4].
  • quark was followed by diquark[5].
  • quark is a type of elementary fermion[6].
  • quark is a type of charged particle[7].
  • quark is part of hadron[8].
  • quark's Commons category is recorded as Quarks[9].
  • quark's interaction is recorded as strong interaction[10].
  • quark's interaction is recorded as weak interaction[11].
  • quark's interaction is recorded as electromagnetic interaction[12].
  • quark's interaction is recorded as gravity[13].
  • quark's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Quarks[14].
  • quark's Commons gallery is recorded as Quark[15].
  • quark's spin quantum number is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5'}[16].
  • quark's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/quarks[17].
  • quark's has characteristic is recorded as color charge[18].
  • quark's has characteristic is recorded as lepton number[19].
  • quark's has characteristic is recorded as electric charge[20].
  • quark's antiparticle is recorded as antiquark[21].
  • quark's has superpartner is recorded as squark[22].
  • quark's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23].

Body

Definition and Type

quark's instance of is recorded as type of quantum particle[3]. Recorded subclass of include elementary fermion[6] and charged particle[7].

Use and Application

quark is part of hadron[8].

Influence

Things named for quark include hexaquark[24], a type of quantum particle[25] and Quark, Inc.[26], a business[27], founded in 1981[28], headquartered in Denver[29].

Why It Matters

quark ranks in the top 2% of type_of_quantum_particle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,526 views/month).[2] quark has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] quark is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for quark include hexaquark[24], a type of quantum particle[25] and Quark, Inc.[26], a business[27], founded in 1981[28], headquartered in Denver[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . nuclphys.sinp.msu.ru. nuclphys.sinp.msu.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Antiparticle antiquark
    Has characteristic color charge, lepton number, electric charge
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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