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Negative Muon (Noun)

Meaning

An elementary particle with a negative charge and a half-life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).

Examples

  • The collision produced a negative muon which then promptly decayed into an electron, a neutrino, and an antineutrino after just a fraction of a second.
  • Negative muons are another type of lepton formed during certain types of radioactive decay and play an essential role in both theoretical and experimental physics research.
  • The researchers detected the decay signals of the negative muon as it transformed into its new constituent subatomic particles in under 2 microseconds.
  • A negative muon is 206.768 times more massive than an electron, and when its decay occurs, this tiny difference in mass creates a huge shift in momentum among the resulting particles.
  • The experimental physicists closely monitored every negative muon in their trial to better comprehend how electrons emerge with the newly 'split' lepton being studied in high-energy environments.

Synonyms

  • Mu-meson
  • Muon

Hypernyms

  • Lepton
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