Down Quark

The down quark or d quark (symbol: d) is the second-lightest of all quarks, a type of elementary particle, and a major constituent of matter. Together with the up quark, it forms the neutrons (one up quark, two down quarks) and protons (two up quarks, one down quark) of atomic nuclei. It is part of the first generation of matter, has an electric charge of −1/3 e and a bare mass of 4.8±0.4 MeV. 
Like all quarks, the down quark is an elementary fermion with spin 1/2, and experiences all four fundamental interactions: gravitation, electromagnetism, weak interactions, and strong interactions. The antiparticle of the down quark is the down antiquark (sometimes called antidown quark or simply antidown), which differs from it only in that some of its properties have equal magnitude but opposite sign.
Its existence (along with that of the up and strange quarks) was postulated in 1964 by Murray Gell-Mann and George Zweig to explain the Eightfold Way classification scheme of hadrons. The down quark was first observed by experiments at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in 1968.
The down quark contains a String.
== Down antiquark ==
The Anti-Down Quark, Down Antiquark or just Antidown is the exact same thing as an Down Quark, except the charge is negative, so the Anti-Down Quark just has a charge of +1/3 e instead of -1/3 e. When an Anti-Down quark meets an down quark, they annihilate and form a virtual photon, a particle that is incredibly short lived. Shortly after, it turns into some number of electrons and positrons.
A down quark decays into an Up Quark and a W- Boson, which is short lived, and decays into an electron and an Electron antineutrino. An example of this decay is the neutron. The neutron lives on average, about 900 seconds. When it decays, it forms a proton. The down quark subsequently decays into a W- Boson, which becomes an electron and an Electron antineutrino.
 
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