lepton Comparison Table

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lepton comparison table

Subject is not accelerated by has desintegration energy is part of is a kind of is an instance of has synonym has discovery date has mass has decay product has definition has charge has lifetime has symbol has antiparticle has discoverer is accelerated by

antineutrino electric or magnetic fields antiparticle The antiparticle of a neutrino. 0 neutrino

electron element charged particle Light elementary particle with a negative electrical charge. Electrons are found in shells surrounding the nuclei of atoms; their interactions with the electrons of neighboring atoms create the chemical bonds that link atoms together as molecules. -1 positron electric or magnetic fields

muon the total energy produced when the particle decays charged particle the products produced immediately after decay Elementary particles produced when cosmic rays enter the upper atmosphere. -1 The average time in which a particle decays μ electric or magnetic fields

neutrino electric or magnetic fields massless particle 0 A stable particle with no charge, a rest mass of zero, and a spin of 1/2, that carries away energy in the course of nuclear reactions. Its main characteristic is the weakness of its interactions with all other particles. Since the wavelengths of neutrinos at the energies at which they are normally emitted from unstable nuclei are only a few thousandths of an angstrom (compared with the wavelength of a light photon which is several thousand angstroms), they have negligible probability (10^-19 that of a light photon) of interacting with matter and escape at the speed of light. Neutrinos arise only in the energy-producing regions of stars and therefore, unlike light photons, provide direct evidence of conditions in stellar cores. There are two types of neutrinos, those associated with electrons (v_e) and those associated with muons (v_µ). 0 antineutrino

positron the total energy produced when the particle decays radioactive particle antielectron 1934 the products produced immediately after decay The antiparticle of the electron, discovered by Anderson in 1934. It has the same mass and spin as the electron, but opposite charge and magnetic moment. 1 The average time in which a particle decays electron Anderson electric or magnetic fields

tau the total energy produced when the particle decays radioactive particle the products produced immediately after decay -1 The average time in which a particle decays τ electric or magnetic fields

Subject	is not accelerated by	has desintegration energy	is part of	is a kind of	is an instance of	has synonym	has discovery date	has mass	has decay product	has definition	has charge	has lifetime	has symbol	has antiparticle	has discoverer	is accelerated by
antineutrino	electric or magnetic fields			antiparticle						The antiparticle of a neutrino.	0			neutrino
electron			element	charged particle						Light elementary particle with a negative electrical charge. Electrons are found in shells surrounding the nuclei of atoms; their interactions with the electrons of neighboring atoms create the chemical bonds that link atoms together as molecules.	-1			positron		electric or magnetic fields
muon		the total energy produced when the particle decays			charged particle				the products produced immediately after decay	Elementary particles produced when cosmic rays enter the upper atmosphere.	-1	The average time in which a particle decays	μ			electric or magnetic fields
neutrino	electric or magnetic fields			massless particle				0		A stable particle with no charge, a rest mass of zero, and a spin of 1/2, that carries away energy in the course of nuclear reactions. Its main characteristic is the weakness of its interactions with all other particles. Since the wavelengths of neutrinos at the energies at which they are normally emitted from unstable nuclei are only a few thousandths of an angstrom (compared with the wavelength of a light photon which is several thousand angstroms), they have negligible probability (10^-19 that of a light photon) of interacting with matter and escape at the speed of light. Neutrinos arise only in the energy-producing regions of stars and therefore, unlike light photons, provide direct evidence of conditions in stellar cores. There are two types of neutrinos, those associated with electrons (v_e) and those associated with muons (v_µ).	0			antineutrino
positron		the total energy produced when the particle decays			radioactive particle	antielectron	1934		the products produced immediately after decay	The antiparticle of the electron, discovered by Anderson in 1934. It has the same mass and spin as the electron, but opposite charge and magnetic moment.	1	The average time in which a particle decays		electron	Anderson	electric or magnetic fields
tau		the total energy produced when the particle decays			radioactive particle				the products produced immediately after decay		-1	The average time in which a particle decays	τ			electric or magnetic fields

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