SU(3) Comparison Table

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SU(3) comparison table

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elementary particle symmetry unitary transformation Abstract mathematical relationships that relate elementary particles together and allow them to be grouped into families. A particular symmetry transformation has the effect of, in a theoretical way, transforming one elementary particle into another.

SU(3) elementary particle symmetry Symmetrical Unitary of Order 3: A symmetry found in sub-nuclear spectra. It is a concept in group theory, by which Gell-Mann and others, using eight quantum numbers, have been able to combine particles into family groups or supermultiplets, as the lowest-lying eightfold group of the nucleon doublet, the Λ singlet, the Σ triplet, and the Ξ doublet. The SU(3) theory applies only to the strongly interacting particles.

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
elementary particle symmetry	unitary transformation	Abstract mathematical relationships that relate elementary particles together and allow them to be grouped into families. A particular symmetry transformation has the effect of, in a theoretical way, transforming one elementary particle into another.
SU(3)	elementary particle symmetry	Symmetrical Unitary of Order 3: A symmetry found in sub-nuclear spectra. It is a concept in group theory, by which Gell-Mann and others, using eight quantum numbers, have been able to combine particles into family groups or supermultiplets, as the lowest-lying eightfold group of the nucleon doublet, the Λ singlet, the Σ triplet, and the Ξ doublet. The SU(3) theory applies only to the strongly interacting particles.

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