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 4
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 ⓘ
Xi baryon ⓘ
linked to: baryon decuplet

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

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Eightfold Way classification → predicted → Omega minus baryon ⓘ
baryon decuplet → containsParticle → Ω⁻ baryon ⓘ
linked to: Omega minus baryon
anti-Omega plus baryon → isAntiparticleOf → Omega minus baryon ⓘ
Eightfold Way → predicted → Omega minus baryon ⓘ