Omega minus baryon

E179970

The Omega minus baryon is a negatively charged, strange baryon whose discovery in 1964 confirmed the quark model and the SU(3) flavor symmetry in particle physics.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Omega minus baryon canonical 1
Ω⁻ baryon 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf baryon
hadron
subatomic particle
baryonNumber +1
belongsTo standard model particles
chargeParity negative
colorCharge colorless
composedOf three quarks
confinement quark confinement
containsQuarkFlavor strange quark
containsValenceQuark strange quark
CPEigenstate no
decayProductExamples Xi- baryon
Xi0 baryon
pion
decaysVia weak interaction
discoveredInYear 1964
discoveryConfirmed SU(3) flavor symmetry
quark model
electricCharge -1 e
family strange baryons
generationOfQuarks second generation
hasAntiparticle anti-Omega plus baryon
hasStrangeQuarksCount 3
heavierThan Lambda baryon
baryon decuplet
surface form: Xi baryon

nucleon
hypercharge -2
interaction electromagnetic interaction
strong interaction
weak interaction
isComposite true
isGroundState yes
isospin 0
isResonance yes
leptonNumber 0
memberOf baryon decuplet
surface form: SU(3) flavor decuplet

baryon decuplet
quarkBindingForce gluons
quarkContent sss
quarkModelPredictedBy Murray Gell-Mann
Yuval Ne'eman
restMassCategory hyperon
spin 3/2
statistics fermion
strangeness -3
symbol Omega
surface form: Ω⁻

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eightfold Way classification predicted Omega minus baryon
baryon decuplet containsParticle Omega minus baryon
this entity surface form: Ω⁻ baryon