Ko te tauira quark i whakaarohia takitahi e nga kairangahau a Murray Gell-Mann raua ko George Zweig i te tau 1964. Ko te tono i muri tata mai i te whakatakotoranga a Gell-Mann i te tau 1961 o te punaha whakarōpūtanga o nga matūriki e mohiotia ana ko te Eightfold Way<unk>, i roto i nga tikanga hangarau ake, SU(3) aromatawai aromatawai, te whakaoti i tona hanganga. I hangaia e te kairangahau a Yuval Ne'eman he kaupapa rite ki te Eightfold Way i te tau kotahi. He whakamatautau wawe i te whakahaere o te kaupapa i roto i te tauira Sakata. Pātai: I te wa i whakaarohia ai he tauira putaiao?
Ko te tau 1964