K+ (charged kaon)

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K⁺ (charged kaon) is a positively charged meson containing an up quark and an anti-strange quark, notable for its role in probing weak interactions and testing the Standard Model through rare decay processes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf charged kaon
meson
pseudoscalar meson
belongsTo strange mesons
hasAntiquark
hasBaryonNumber 0
hasChargeConjugateState K⁻
hasCParity not defined
hasDecayMode μ⁺ ν_μ
π⁰ e⁺ ν_e
π⁰ μ⁺ ν_μ
π⁺ π⁰
π⁺ π⁺ π⁻
hasDominantDecayBranchingRatio ≈63.5%
hasDominantDecayMode μ⁺ ν_μ
hasElectricCharge +1 e
hasGParity not defined
hasIsospin 1/2
hasIsospinThirdComponent +1/2
hasLeptonNumber 0
hasLifetimeCategory long-lived meson
hasMass ≈493.677 MeV/c²
hasMeanLifetime ≈1.238×10⁻⁸ s
hasParity -1
hasQuantumNumber I=1/2
J^P=0⁻
S=+1
hasQuark u
hasQuarkContent anti-strange quark
up quark
hasRestEnergy ≈493.677 MeV
hasSecondLargestDecayBranchingRatio π⁺ π⁰
hasSpin 0
hasStrangeness +1
hasSymbol K⁺
hasValenceQuarks u s̄
interactsVia electromagnetic interaction
strong interaction
weak interaction
isAntiparticleOf K⁻
isDescribedBy Standard Model of particle physics
isPartOf kaon family
isProducedIn cosmic-ray interactions
high-energy hadron collisions
isSubjectOf CP-violation studies in kaon sector
isUsedIn flavor physics experiments
rare decay searches
isUsedToProbe weak interactions
isUsedToTest Standard Model

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
NA62
studiesParticle

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