Editing Hyperon (section)

{{Short description|Type of strange baryon}}
{{Distinguish|Hyperion (disambiguation)}}
{{Standard model of particle physics}}
In [[particle physics]], a '''hyperon''' is any [[baryon]] containing one or more [[strange quark]]s, but no [[charm quark|charm]], [[bottom quark|bottom]], or [[top quark]]s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Greiner |first1=Walter |title=An Advanced Course in Modern Nuclear Physics |volume=581 |pages=316–342 |editor1-last=Arias |editor1-first=J.M. |editor2-last=Lozano |editor2-first=M. |ref=Greiner2001 |chapter=Structure of vacuum and elementary matter: from superheavies via hypermatter to antimatter.|doi=10.1007/3-540-44620-6_11 |series=Lecture Notes in Physics |year=2001 |isbn=978-3-540-42409-3 }}</ref> This form of matter may exist in a stable form within the core of some neutron stars.<ref name=SchaffnerBielich2002>{{citation |title=Phase Transition to Hyperon Matter in Neutron Stars |last1=Schaffner-Bielich |first1=Jürgen |last2=Hanauske |first2=Matthias |last3=Stöcker |first3=Horst |last4=Greiner |first4=Walter |journal=Physical Review Letters |display-authors=1 |volume=89 |issue=17 |pages=171101 |id=171101 |year=2002 |postscript= |doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.171101 |pmid=12398654 |bibcode=2002PhRvL..89q1101S |arxiv=astro-ph/0005490| s2cid=18759347 }}</ref> Hyperons are sometimes generically represented by the symbol '''Y'''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tolos |first1=L. |last2=Fabbietti |first2=L. |title=Strangeness in nuclei and neutron stars |journal=Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics |date=May 2020 |volume=112 |page=41 |doi=10.1016/j.ppnp.2020.103770|arxiv=2002.09223 |bibcode=2020PrPNP.11203770T |s2cid=211252559 }}</ref>