lepton
lepton¹
Definition
lep·ton (lep′tän′)
noun pl. lep′ta-tə
- a small coin of ancient Greece
- 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 (lep′tän′)
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
lep′·ton′ic 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
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