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Up quarks are one of the six flavours of quarks<sup>(1)</sup>. | Up quarks are one of the six flavours of quarks<sup>(1)</sup>. They are fundimental particles like electrons (and other leptons); which means that they cannot be broken down any further <sup>(1) (2)</sup>. They have a charge of +2/3 and a baryon number of 1/3 <sup>(1)</sup>. They are the smallest quarks and are the main constiuents of protons and neutrons alongside the down quark <sup>(1)</sup>. | ||
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Up quarks are one of the six flavours of quarks(1). They are fundimental particles like electrons (and other leptons); which means that they cannot be broken down any further (1) (2). They have a charge of +2/3 and a baryon number of 1/3 (1). They are the smallest quarks and are the main constiuents of protons and neutrons alongside the down quark (1).
References
1. HyperPhysics. Quarks. [cited 05/12/2017]. Availiable from: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Particles/quark.html
2. The New York Times. Fundimental particles. [cited 05/12/2017]. Availiable from: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/fundamental_particles/index.html