Examples of muon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In particular, Kotwal and his colleagues sought out collisions that produced two specific pairs of particles: either a muon and a neutrino, or an electron and a neutrino. — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 7 Apr. 2022 This is because the rules of quantum mechanics are not consistent with the simplest kind of new force unless that force affects at least one other kind of particle besides the muon. — Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2022 The endless muon rainstorm will shower the volcano at an angle. — New York Times, 10 Nov. 2021 But this April, physicists announced the first results of an experiment designed specifically to chase just such an anomaly, one involving the intrinsic magnetism of a particle called the muon. — Michael Moyer, Quanta Magazine, 22 Dec. 2021 Although the phenomenon of neutrino oscillation had not yet been definitively demonstrated, several earlier measurements suggested how quickly muon type neutrinos should oscillate into the other two varieties. — Don Lincoln, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021 Both sets of results involve the strange, fleeting particle called the muon. — Seth Borenstein, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2021 Several groups have also applied the lattice to the muon’s magnetism, albeit with sizable uncertainties. — Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 14 Apr. 2021 In 1936, Anderson and his student, Seth Neddermeyer, recreated it in the lab, revealing the nature of the muon for the first time. — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021 See More

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