It is the only baryon that is made of three strange quarks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_quark with a spin of 3/2 http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/history/Omega-minus.asp and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega_particle. Its hyperactive characteristics prompted scientists to name it as one of the hyperons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperon, like its leptonic counterparts of muons and tauons, the omega minus does not participate in atomic or molecular formations. Why this is so remains a mystery in high-energy physics.


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