K-short

E127236

K-short is the short-lived neutral kaon, a subatomic meson that decays rapidly via the weak interaction and plays a key role in studies of CP violation.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
K-short canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf meson
neutral kaon
pseudoscalar meson
subatomic particle
belongsTo kaon family
light mesons
decaysPrimarilyTo pi+ pi-
pi0 pi0
hasAlternativeName K0-short
K_S
K_S^0
hasBaryonNumber 0
hasBottomness 0
hasBranchingRatioTo_pi+pi- ~69%
hasBranchingRatioTo_pi0pi0 ~31%
hasCharm 0
hasCPApproximateEigenvalue +1
hasDecayWidth ~7.35×10^9 s^-1
hasElectricCharge 0
hasGeneration first and second quark generations
hasIsospin 1/2
hasLeptonNumber 0
hasMass ~497.6 MeV/c^2
hasMeanLifetime ~8.95×10^-11 s
hasParity -1
hasPDGParticleID 310
hasQuarkContentNotation d s̄
hasSpin 0
hasStrangeness +1
hasTopness 0
interactsVia electromagnetic interaction
gravitational interaction
weak interaction
isComposedOf down quark
strange antiquark
isMassEigenstateOf neutral kaon system
isObservedIn collider experiments
fixed-target experiments
isProducedIn strong interaction processes
isShortLivedRelativeTo K-long
isStudiedIn flavor physics
particle physics
isSubjectOf neutral kaon CP violation experiments
isSuperpositionOf K0
anti-K0
playsRoleIn CP violation studies
neutral kaon mixing
wasKeyIn discovery of CP violation

How these facts were elicited

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NA48 studiesParticle K-short