charmonium

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char·mo·ni·um

 (chär-mō′nē-əm)
n.
Any of various elementary particles consisting of a charm quark and an antiquark.
[From charm.]
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charmonium

(tʃɑːˈməʊnɪəm)
n, pl -nia
(Atomic Physics) physics an elementary particle that contains an antiquark and a charm quark
[C20: from charm (sense 7)]
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S-Wave Heavy Quarkonium Spectra: Mass, Decays, and Transitions
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Search for Vector Charmonium(-Like) States in the [e.sup.+][e.sup.-] [right arrow] [eta]J/[psi] Line Shape
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Radiative Decay Widths of Ground and Excited States of Vector Charmonium and Bottomonium
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