Definition of "hyperons" []

• Plural form of hyperon. (noun)

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• "As examples, she and Gerson were the first to observe the mass splitting of the charged Sigma hyperons, and she, working with most of the Berkeley exponents of the nuclear emulsion technique, observed the first nuclear interactions of the newly discovered antiprotons."
• "First to observe mass splitting of charged sigma hyperons"
• "Sula gave a memorable introductory talk on heavy mesons and hyperons at the 1956 Rochester Conference; much of what she reported was her own work."