The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
negative muon — noun an elementary particle with a negative charge and a half life of 2 microsecond; decays to electron and neutrino and antineutrino • Syn: ↑muon, ↑mu meson • Hypernyms: ↑lepton … Useful english dictionary
Muon capture — is the capture of a negative muon by a proton, usually resulting in production of a neutron and a neutrino, and sometimes a gamma photon. Muon capture by heavy nuclei often leads to emission of particles; most often neutrons, but charged… … Wikipedia
Muon — The Moon s cosmic ray shadow, as seen in secondary muons generated by cosmic rays in the atmosphere, and detected 700 meters below ground, at the Soudan II detector Composition Elementary particle Statistics … Wikipedia
muon — [ myɔ̃ ] n. m. • 1958; en angl. 1953; méson μ 1937; de mu et (électr)on ♦ Phys. Particule élémentaire à interactions faibles, de même charge (positive ou négative) que l électron. Le muon est un lepton. Adj. MUONIQUE . ● muon nom masculin (de mu… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Muon — Propriétés générales Classification Fermion Composition Élémentaire Groupe Lepton Génération 2e Propriétés physiques Masse 105,66 MeV.c 2 (1,88×10 … Wikipédia en Français
Muon-catalyzed fusion — This article refers to the original use of the term cold fusion. For the controversial experiments known as cold fusion, see Cold fusion. For other uses, see Cold Fusion (disambiguation). Muon catalyzed fusion (μCF) is a process allowing nuclear… … Wikipedia
Muon — Myon (μ−) Klassifikation Elementarteilchen Fermion Lepton Eigenschaften Ladung −1 e Ruhemasse 1,883 531 40 · … Deutsch Wikipedia
Müon — Myon (μ−) Klassifikation Elementarteilchen Fermion Lepton Eigenschaften Ladung −1 e Ruhemasse 1,883 531 40 · … Deutsch Wikipedia
muon — Meson Mes on, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me son middle, neut. of me sos, a., middle.] 1. (Anat.) The mesial plane dividing the body of an animal into similar right and left halves. The line in which it meets the dorsal surface has been called the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
muon — noun Etymology: contraction of earlier mu meson, from mu Date: 1952 an unstable lepton that is common in the cosmic radiation near the earth s surface, has a mass about 207 times the mass of the electron, and exists in negative and positive forms … New Collegiate Dictionary
