s quark - s quark

Japanese: s クォーク - えすくぉーく
s quark - s quark

…Gell-Mann named this fundamental particle 'quark' after a passage in J. Joyce's novel Finnegans Wake. There are three types of quarks: up, down, and strange, and they are called u, d, and s quarks, respectively, taking their initials. The terms up and down here are merely given for the sake of convenience in classifying the types of quarks. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "s quark" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ゲル・マンはJ.ジョイスの小説《Finnegans Wake》の一節からとってきて,この基本粒子に〈クォークquark〉という名まえをつけた。クォークには上向きup,下向きdownと奇妙strangeという3種類があって,その頭文字をとって,それぞれuクォーク,dクォーク,sクォークと呼ぶ。ここでいう上向きとか下向きというのは,あくまでクォークの種類を分類するために便宜上つけられたものである。…

※「s クォーク」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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