= George Zweig
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= G. Zweig
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<George Zweig> proposed a constituent organization of <hadrons> in 1964, calling the constituents aces. Combining their quantum numbers accounts for patterns among <mesons> and <baryons>, connecting the larger observed particle families to a smaller set of building blocks. His model supplied a physical way to interpret <flavor symmetry> and the relative suppression of some reactions, rather than treating the multiplets only as numerical classifications. The constituent proposal was independent of the later experimental identification of quark substructure.<An SU3 Model for Strong Interaction Symmetry and Its Breaking (Version 2) by George Zweig>[1964 CERN preprint, constituent model and strong-interaction symmetry]{ref}
A <physicist> whose research includes mathematical models of <wave propagation> and experimental tests of those models.<George Zweig: Research Interests>[Independent professional identity: institutional description of actual research and specialization]{ref}
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