Editing Hyperon (section)

==Properties and behavior ==
[[Image:Baryon decuplet.svg|230px|thumb|A combination of three u, d or s-quarks with a total spin of 3/2 form the so-called '''baryon decuplet'''. The lower six are hyperons.]]
Being baryons, all hyperons are [[fermion]]s. That is, they have [[half-integer]] [[Spin (physics)|spin]] and obey [[Fermi–Dirac statistics]]. Hyperons all interact via the [[strong nuclear force]], making them types of [[hadron]]. They are composed of three light [[quark]]s, at least one of which is a [[strange quark]], which makes them strange baryons.

Excited hyperon resonances and ground-state hyperons with a '*' included in their notation decay via the [[strong interaction]]. For [[Omega baryon|Ω⁻]] as well as the lighter hyperons this decay mode is not possible given the particle masses and the conservation of [[Flavour (particle physics)|flavor]] and [[isospin]] necessary in strong interactions. Instead, these decay [[weak interaction|weakly]] with non-conserved [[parity (physics)|parity]]. An exception to this is the [[Sigma baryon|Σ⁰]] which decays [[Electromagnetism|electromagnetically]] into [[Lambda baryon|Λ]] on account of carrying the same flavor quantum numbers. The type of interaction through which these decays occur determine the average lifetime, which is why weakly decaying hyperons are significantly more long-lived than those that decay through strong or electromagnetic interactions.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Martin |first1=B. R. |title=Particle physics |date=2017 |location=Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom |isbn=9781118911907 |edition=Fourth}}</ref>