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charm
A quantum number that is equal to the number of charm quarks in a particle minus the number of anticharm quarks. Charm quarks were the fourth flavor (type) of quark to be discovered, in 1974. The lightest particles with charm are the D mesons, which are approximately twice as heavy as the proton.
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