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HADRONS CONTAINING CHARM QUARKS

Some of the Hadrons containing charm quarks include:

D Meson s contain a charm quark (or its Antiparticle ) and an Up or Down quark.

D_s mesons contain a charm quark and a Strange Quark .

There are many Charmonium states, for example the J/ψ . These consist of a charm quark and its antiparticle.

Charmed Baryon s have been observed, and are named in analogy with strange baryons (e.g. Λ_c⁺).