17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
I write, with head firmly implanted in a posterior orifice:
No. Protons and neutrons are hadrons. Hadron comes from the (Greek?) word for "heavy", lepton from "light". The distinction you're trying to make
"Baryon" comes from the Greek for "heavy". "Hadron" is a blanket term covering both baryons (like protons and neutrons), and mesons. Now back to your regularly scheduled cryptography. -- Will