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A particle too clingy to exist alone, forever bound by the strong force.
means A composite subatomic particle made of quarks held together by the strong nuclear force, like protons and neutrons.
from Coined in 1962 by physicist Lev Okun from the Greek hadros, meaning thick or stout, the heavyweights of particle physics.
Two familiesBaryons have three quarks, mesons just two.
Famous colliderThe LHC smashes them to find new physics.
Strong glueQuarks can never be pried out alone.