

The foregoing quark models completely specify the quantum numbers of ๐ /๐โmesons. The charge, angular momentum, baryon-number, lepton-number and strangeness are all correct. These models also produce accurate calculated values for the lifetime, width and mass. Results that fall outside of experimental uncertainty are noted with an X in all tables. There are just a handful of these errors from among hundreds of particles.
Particle Cores
Some highly excited states contain so many quarks that it may be difficult to see how the models work. So to view the underlying pattern, we remove most of the quark/anti-quark pairs. These pairs are needed for stability. But the field of
pairs obscures the minimum number of quarks required to identify a particle and account for its mass. These minima are called core coefficients.
The quark coefficients of a particle’s core show more clearly how excited ๐
/๐โmesons are built-up over blocks of the same baryonic quarks. The mass depends on not
. So
is unchanged by any variation in the field of
pairs. A particle’s rest mass is completely determined by its core quarks.

Experimentally observed values are taken from this reference .
Sample Calculations for JPsi Mesons
Here is a spreadsheet that shows a step-by-step calculation for a specific ๐
/๐โmeson. For more detail about cell contents and formulae, you can see a read-only, on-line version by clicking the icon in the black bar at the bottom of the sheet. To get a copy of the spreadsheet click the download link at the bottom of this page. Then you can enter other quark-coefficients in the yellow cells to assess other particle models.