C C F a quark is a fundamental constituent of matterG F C Observed in 1968 through deep elastic scatter.C C F We found that protons aren't as simple as we thought.G F C We thought they were solid particles but they are not. C C F Protons in fact are made up of three separate pieces.G F C It just gets more confusing as our knowledge increases.C C F But that is what a quark is; It's a piece of a proton,G F C And they also make up other things including the neutron. C C F Oh, up, down, strange, charm, top, bottomG F C If you don't know what a quark is, it don't matter you still got 'em.C C F And with leptons and bosons, unless something's amiss,G F C They make up everything that we can see and that we know exists. C C F Things made up of quarks including protons and neutronsG F C Are composite particles that physicists call hadrons.C C F Many types of hadrons are theoretically described,G F C But most exist for only very brief amounts of time. C C F Quarks have electric charge, color charge, mass and spin,G F C And having color charge means they exist solely inside ofC C F Other kinds of particles and cannot exist alone.G F C Which is why quarks have never been studied on their own. C C F Up, down, strange, charm, top, bottomG F C If you don't know what a quark is, it don't matter you still got 'em.C C F And with leptons and bosons, unless something's amiss,G F C They make up everything that we can see and that we know exists. C C F Quarks can join together in two different ways,G F C Baryons and Mesons, but most instantly decay.C C F If a particle has three quarks, then it's a baryon,G F C If there's one quark and and anti-quark, then it is a meson.C C F These tiny bits of matter are a part of almost everythingG F C And there is no unified theory to make it less confusing.C C F But the fact that we've identified that they exist at allG F C Is so god damn remarkable that I just sit in awe. C C F Oh, up, down, strange, charm, top, bottomG F C If you don't know what a quark is, it don't matter you still got 'em.C C F And with leptons and bosons, unless something's amiss,G F C They make up everything that we can see and that we know exists.
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