muon
IPA: mˈuɔn
noun
- (physics) An unstable elementary particle in the lepton family, having similar properties to the electron but with a mass 207 times greater.
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Examples of "muon" in Sentences
- Anomalous magnetic moment of the muon.
- Consider the fascinating decay of the muon.
- The lepton is either an electron or a muon.
- These are nearly invisible to the muon beam.
- This will then decay into a muon and a neutrino.
- The outermost layer of the detector detects muons.
- But muon catalyzed fusion is a clear counterexample.
- At the emitter the luminosity of the muon beam is measured.
- The muon may bump the electron from one of the hydrogen isotopes.
- Thus, for the negatively charged pion, where is a muon and is a muon neutrino.