Heavy Particle (Noun)
Meaning
Any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a hadron with a baryon number of +1.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
Examples
- The collision of two heavy particles in the particle accelerator produced a shower of secondary particles that scientists could study.
- Heavy particles such as protons and neutrons make up the nucleus of an atom and play a crucial role in nuclear reactions.
- The physicist spent years researching the properties of heavy particles and their behavior in high-energy collisions.
- In the Standard Model of particle physics, heavy particles like quarks and gluons are the building blocks of protons and neutrons.
- The detection of heavy particles in cosmic rays has provided valuable insights into the composition and origin of high-energy particles from space.