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muon
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mu·on
/ ˈmyoōˌän/
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n. Physics
an unstable subatomic particle of the same class as an electron (a lepton), but with a mass around 200 times greater. Muons make up much of the cosmic radiation reaching the earth's surface.
DERIVATIVES:
mu·on·ic
/ myoōˈänik/ adj.
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The big squeeze.(physicists geting closer to nuclear fusion with use of muons)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: New Scientist; 9/2/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...another way: persuading a particle called a muon to squeeze together adjacent nuclei. Muon-catalysed fusion has faced two big hurdles...bump up the number of nuclear reactions each muon achieves before it decays. Meanwhile, a group...
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MEXICO: TEOTIHUACAN SUN PYRAMID IN FOR A 'MUON' SCAN.
News Wire article from: Interpress Service; 1/14/2008; 700+ words
; ...are going to place muon (subatomic particle...until March 2009. Muons are produced when...material deflects muons from their path...hollow spaces, so a muon scan yields an image...pyramid's interior. Muons hit the Earth at a...slow rate, about one muon per square centimetre...
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Muons Uncover Nuclear Material
Magazine article from: Signal; 4/1/2005; ; 435 words
; ...With a technique called muon radiography, scientists...natural scattering of muons, which are produced by...billion electron volts, muons can penetrate approximately...nuclei, deflect more muons than do less dense materials...dense items in the cargo. Muon radiography also is more...
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Muons meet the Maya: physicists explore subatomic particle strategy for revealing archaeological secrets.
Magazine article from: Science News; 12/8/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...complex medium. With muons, all you need is...physicists are applying the muon method to studying...is building several muon detectors that would...trajectories of the muons that pass through...Schwitters plans to harness muons with four or five...light when hit by a muon. The bursts ...
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Muon orbits may defy main physics theory.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Science News; 2/17/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Brookhaven fired an intense muon beam into an extraordinarily...magnetic field. Because muons are electrically charged...is related to the muon's magnetic strength...physicists say. As the muons circle the accelerator...measurements of 1 billion muons. Until they can analyze...remaining 4 ...
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Muon Opportunists: Detecting The Unseen With Natural Probes.(Earth is showered constantly by particles called muons that are created by cosmic rays)
Magazine article from: Space Daily; 2/23/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...a year's data on muon flux through the pyramid...for any surplus of muons striking a portion...Nagamine of the KEK Muon Science Laboratory...use of cosmic-ray muons to essentially take...some high-energy muons are traveling almost...By placing multiple muon detectors around a...
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Beams benefit materials research.(NEWS)(TRIUMF conducts research on muons)
Magazine article from: Canadian Chemical News; 3/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...developed a proposal to build a new muon beam line at TRIUMF. The Canadian...by 16 Canadian universities. Muons are subatomic particles that...any form of matter. Existing muon beam lines at TRIUMF are outdated...scientific potential of the muon as a probe," says Percival...
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Precise in every part; Particle physics.(Misbehaving muons)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 3/27/2004; 682 words
; ...Review Letters, concerns particles called muons. These particles are "cousins" of electrons...disagree. His measurements suggest that muons also differ from electrons in a property...Roberts, however, the magnetic moment of muons could deviate from the model's predictions...
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Putting neutrino detection on ice. (Antarctic neutrino and muon detector planned)
Magazine article from: Science News; 10/5/1991; 700+ words
; ...subatomic particles known as muons as these particles move through...with ice to produce telltale muons. However, because neutrinos...what they call the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array...radiation generated by high-speed muons passing through ice. "We find...
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KEF Introduces Extraordinary Limited Edition MUON Speakers.
Business Wire; 10/18/2007; 700+ words
; ...of Ultra High-End Audio Loudspeakers MUON - A KEF Concept Designed by Ross Lovegrove...audiophile-quality speakers, launches MUON - a distinctly new loudspeaker that features...the apartment, where a stylish pair of MUON loudspeakers was featured. MUON is the...
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muon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...neutrino and antineutrino. Muons are produced by the weak decay of pions into a muon and a muon antineutrino...resemblance between the muon and the electron. Recent studies of muons have included the production...atoms to which an orbiting muon is added) and muonium...
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lepton
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the electron and its antiparticle , the muon and its antiparticle, the tau and its antiparticle...occupy the same quantum state. However, one muon and one electron are allowed to occupy the same state. The muon was originally classed as a meson because...
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Neutrino
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...types — electron neutrinos, muon neutrinos, and tau neutrinos —...these neutrinos change type (electron to muon or tau) en route from the core of the...electron neutrino, and the second the muon neutrino. Proof of a long-suspected...
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neutrino
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Neutrinos are also emitted when a pion decays into a muon and in the decays of a number of other elementary particles...1962 it was found that the neutrino associated with the muon (the muon neutrino) is distinct from that associated with the...
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elementary particles
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...electron; the other five leptons are the muon , the tau particle, and the three types...with each: the electron neutrino, the muon neutrino, and the tau neutrino. The six...charged particles, such as the electron and muon. The strong nuclear force is responsible...
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