Hank Green - Strange Charm

A ^Cquark is a fundamental const^Cituent of ^Fmatter Ob^Gserved in 1968 through ^Fdeep elastic ^Cscatter. We ^Cfound that protons aren't as ^Csimple as we ^Fthought. We thought ^Gthey were solid particles but^F they are ^Cnot.

Pro^Ctons in fact are made up of ^Cthree separate ^Fpieces. It ^Gjust gets more confusing as our ^Fknowledge ^Cincreases. But ^Cthat is what a quark is; It's a ^Cpiece of a ^Fproton, And they ^Galso make up other things ^Fincluding the ^Cneutron.

Oh, ^Cup, down, strange, charm^C, top, ^Fbottom If you ^Gdon't know what a quark is, it don't ^Fmatter you still ^Cgot 'em. And with ^Cleptons and bosons, ^Cunless something's ^Famiss, They make up ^Geverything that we can see and ^Fthat we know ^Cexists.

^CThings made up of quarks including ^Cprotons and neu^Ftrons ^GAre composite particles that ^Fphysicists call ^Chadrons. ^CMany types of hadrons are theo^Cretically de^Fscribed, But ^Gmost exist for only very ^Fbrief amounts of ^Ctime.

^CQuarks have electric charge, color ^Ccharge, mass and ^Fspin, And ^Ghaving color charge means they ^Fexist solely ^Cinside of ^COther kinds of particles and ^Ccannot exist ^Falone. Which is ^Gwhy quarks have never been studied^F on their ^Cown.

^CUp, down, strange, charm^C, top, ^Fbottom If you ^Gdon't know what a quark is, it don't ^Fmatter you still ^Cgot 'em. And with ^Cleptons and bosons, ^Cunless something's ^Famiss, They make up ^Geverything that we can see and ^Fthat we know ^Cexists.

^CQuarks can join together in two^C different ^Fways, ^GBaryons and Mesons, but most ^Finstantly ^Cdecay. If a ^Cparticle has three quarks, then it'^Cs a bary^Fon, If there's ^Gone quark and and anti-quark, then ^Fit is a mes^Con. These ^Ctiny bits of matter are a part of ^Calmost every^Fthing And there ^Gis no unified theory to ^Fmake it less con^Cfusing. But the ^Cfact that we've identified that ^Cthey exist at ^Fall Is ^Gso god damn remarkable that ^FI just sit in ^Cawe.

Oh, ^Cup, down, strange, charm^C, top, ^Fbottom If you ^Gdon't know what a quark is, it don't ^Fmatter you still ^Cgot 'em. And with ^Cleptons and bosons, ^Cunless something's ^Famiss, They make up ^Geverything that we can see and ^Fthat we know ^Cexists.