The baryon has quark content .

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Particle Physics, Ch Hadrons: baryons, mesons and their quark content

Problem

The

\Sigma^0

baryon has quark content

uds

. ((a)) Compute its charge

Q

, baryon number

B

and strangeness

S

by summing over the three quarks. ((b)) State whether its ground-state spin is

1/2

3/2

, given its measured mass is

1192.6\,\mathrm{MeV}/c^2

, close to the other single-strange, spin-

1/2

baryons.