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hadrons from quark and antiquark combinations

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Gills of three old specimens of webcap fungus (Cortinarius) in Gloucestershire, South West England. toxic, fungi, poisonous mushroom

7 of the World’s Most Poisonous Mushrooms

Los Angeles Police Department wanted flyer on Elizabeth Short, aka the "Black Dahlia," who was brutally murdered in January 1947. The FBI supported the Los Angeles Police Department in the case, including by identifying Short through her fingerprints that

America’s 5 Most Notorious Cold Cases (Including One You May Have Thought Was Already Solved)

New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.

Where Is “Old Zealand”?

Computer mapping, woman at early 1990s computer

Timeline of the 1990s

Vietnam War. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson awards the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant Marty A. Hammer, during a visit to military personnel, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, October 26, 1966. President Johnson

Vietnam War Timeline

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Russian grand duchess Anastasia; undated photograph. (Anastasiya Nikolayevna, Tsar Nicholas II)

Did Duchess Anastasia Survive Her Family’s Execution?

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Also Known As	mesotron

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hadrons from quark and antiquark combinations

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Topics

quark W particle eta-meson B-meson pi meson upsilon meson antiquark two-meson theory K meson Yukawa meson baryon

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Key People

Henry Way Kendall

American physicist