Quark (dairy product) a somewhat crumbly texture (like ricotta). The basic quark this basic quark or skimmed quark ("Magerquark") must under German Law have less than 10% fat by dry mass. Quark with higher fat content is made by adding cream after cooling. It has a very smooth and creamy texture and is slightly sweet (unlike sour cream). A firmer version called "Schichtkäse" (layer cheese) is often used for baking. Schichtkäse is distinguished from quark by having an added layer of cream sandwiched between two layers of quark. Quark is also often sold flavored with herbs, spices, or fruit. In general, dry mass
Bottom quark quarks. Although it almost-exclusively transitions from or to a top quark, the bottom quark can decay into either an up quark or charm quark via the weak interaction. CKM matrix elements "V" and "V" specify the rates, where both these decays are suppressed, making lifetimes of most bottom particles (~10 s) somewhat higher than those of charmed particles (~10 s), but lower than those of strange particles (from ~10 to ~10 s). The combination of high mass and low transition-rate gives experimental collision byproducts containing a bottom quark a distinctive signature that makes them relatively easy to identify using a