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The 21 pages that link to Meson, each with the reason it gives.
GluonBroader topic: Gluons bind its quark–antiquark constituents into a color-neutral particle.
HadronBroader topic: Mesons are the other principal family, with integer spin.
Color chargeBroader topic: A quark’s color and an antiquark’s anticolor can form a neutral meson.
BosonBroader topic: Mesons have integer spin and are bosonic composite particles.
HadronizationBroader topic: Mesons are the other common class of hadrons formed from partons.
Kyoto UniversityBroader topic: Yukawa proposed the meson to explain the force binding atomic nuclei.
AntiquarkBroader topic: Mesons are the simplest common bound systems containing an antiquark.