Strange B meson
The quark structure of the strange B meson. The color assignment of individual quarks is arbitrary, but the net color charge must be zero. Forces between quarks are mediated by gluons. | |
| Composition | bs |
|---|---|
| Statistics | Bosonic |
| Family | Mesons |
| Interactions | Strong, Weak, Gravitational, Electromagnetic |
| Antiparticle | B s (bs) |
| Mass | 5366.3±0.6 MeV/c2 |
| Mean lifetime | 1.470+0.027 −0.026×10−12 s |
| Decays into | See B0 s decay modes |
| Electric charge | 0 e |
| Spin | 0 |
| Strangeness | -1 |
| Bottomness | +1 |
| Isospin | 0 |
| Parity | -1 |
The B
s meson is a meson composed of a bottom antiquark and a strange quark. Its antiparticle is the B
s meson, composed of a bottom quark and a strange antiquark.