K, B and now D mesons exhibit neutral particle oscillation, where we see the spontaneous interchange between a particle and its antiparticle, i.e. K0⇔¯K0, B0⇔¯B0 and D0⇔¯D0.
My question is, why do neutral pions π0 not exhibit the same behaviour? We never hear of "pion oscillation" π0⇔¯π0...
Answer
Answer transposed from a comment: the K, D, B have nonzero "flavor quantum number" (strangeness, charm, and beauty, to be specific). The analogy you should pursue is the J/ψ or "charmonium," made of a charm quark and charm anti-quark.
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