positron

IPA: pˈɑzʌtrɑn

(physics) The antimatter equivalent of an electron, having the same mass but a positive charge.

Examples of "positron" in Sentences

See positron emission tomography.
Electron positron pair production.
Positron annihilation spectroscopy.
See electron positron annihilation.
A positron emission tomography study.
SLAC is an electron positron collider.
No, you mistake the positron for the neutrino.
Localization of the positron annihilation event.
A positron is an elementary particle of antimatter.
The energy of the electrons and positron is then measured in a calorimeter.
The anti-particle of a negatively charged electron, for example, has a positive charge and is called a positron.
A positron is the antimatter equivalent of an electron, and perhaps the easiest anti-particle to manufacture and store.
The positron is slowed down by the water and destroyed together with an electron (matter meets antimatter), whereupon two photons (light particles) are created.
When people are suffering with major depression, research has shown that a type of nuclear medicine scan called positron emission tomography PET can often reveal specific regions of their brains with decreased metabolic activity—a reduced flow of chemical messengers between nerve cells.
Referring to the so-called positron, the positive particle regarded as the polar opposite of the negative electron, he remarks: 'A positron is a hole from which an electron has been removed; it is a bung-hole which would be evened up with its surroundings if an electron were inserted. ...