muon
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- noun
- /ˈmjuːɒn/
- Specialized
- The muon decays into other particles within a fraction of a second, illustrating its short half-life.
- electron and muon
- muon neutrino
- muon detector
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Watch on YouTubeThis means that the number of available muons decreases.
- This means that the number of available muons decreases.
- We have the fermions, which are electrons, muons, Taus, plus they're neutrino cousins.
- You say, why is the, you know, why does the Muon particle exist?
- They confirmed an anomaly of the Muon that's a heavier version of the electron.
- Just like muons, anti muons are fundamental.
- And, and so the quarks are quarks and the leptons are things like electrons and muons.
- And so you can kind of use Muon decays as a kind of clock, the way we use radioactive carbon as a clock.
- You don't get to have sort of the, the, the, the, the Muon case, the Tau lepton case and so on.
- This can create all kinds of fun things, neutrons, muons, or rare isotopes via nuclear fission or spolation.
Examples
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In particle physics, a muon is often used to study fundamental forces due to its relatively large mass compared to an electron.
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To produce muonic hydrogen, pulses from an intense, low-energy muon beam strike a hydrogen target.
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Well, first of all, it's the rest energy of the Muon and the neutrino, OK.
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This means that the number of available muons decreases.
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The key observation was that the muon clearly moved 400 meters upward through the Earth.
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Two groups have now verified the fact that the Muon has a differing magnetic moment than predicted by the standard model.
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They confirmed an anomaly of the Muon that's a heavier version of the electron.
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Also, high-energy muons are nicely aligned with the direction of their parent neutrino, making astronomy possible.
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The collaboration can distinguish muons from electrons (and positrons) with something like 98% efficiency.
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Muon particles are produced when cosmic rays collide with the Earth's atmosphere, creating showers of particles including muons.
Synonyms
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An extremely small particle with negative charge that lasts about two microseconds and becomes an electron and two neutrinos
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A tiny charged particle that lasts about 2 microseconds and becomes an electron and two neutrinos
Compounds
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A tiny charged particle that lasts about 2 microseconds and becomes an electron and two neutrinos
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A small particle with positive electric charge that turns into other tiny particles
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Muon comes from the Greek letter mu and the particle ending -on, as in electron. So a muon is the particle named 'mu' and is like an electron but much heavier.