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lepton¹ Definition

lep·ton (leptän′)

noun pl. lepta-tə

  1. a small coin of ancient Greece
  2. a former monetary unit of modern Greece, equal to of a drachma

Etymology: Gr < leptos, thin, small < lepein, to peel: see leper

lepton² Definition

lep·ton (leptän′)

noun

Particle Physics any of a class of fermions subject to the weak interaction but not the strong interaction, as the electron, neutrino, muon, or tau particle

Etymology: lept(o)- + -on

lepton² Related Forms
lep′·tonic adjective
lepton Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • charge: For each charged lepton flavor there is a corresponding neutrino flavor.
  • call: Also, there are six types of particles including the electron, called leptons.
  • find: In order to then find those final leptons, we have used a standard detector in particle physics: the DØ detector.

Modifies a noun

  • number: Tau Physics We are pioneering the search for the lepton family number violating decay tau - e gamma.
  • violation: Search for lepton flavor violation in e+ p collisions at HERA.
  • beam: It requires the accumulation of high luminosity for both lepton beam charges and also to accelerate deuterons.
  • tau: Nature of problem: The heavy lepton tau decays into two pure leptonic and many hadronic decay channels.
  • flavor: Search for lepton flavor violation in e+ p collisions at HERA.
  • track: FM Russell Channeled lepton tracks and practical perspectives Nuc.

Noun used with modifier

  • tau: Perl led the team of scientists that found the tau lepton in electron-positron collisions in 1975.
  • S: Fermions, spin-1/2 particles ( leptons & quarks ) are assigned bosonic partners with spin-0, called s leptons and s quarks.

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