Definition of MUON

Examples of muon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web As a neutrino from Fermilab travels along, its mixture changes, so that a muon neutrino might morph into an electron neutrino or a tau neutrino. — Quanta Magazine, "Neutrinos Lead to Unexpected Discovery in Basic Math," 13 Nov. 2019 Or is there something peculiar about how protons interact with muons, compared with their behavior around electrons? — Dan Falk, Scientific American, "Ultraprecise Measurement Pinpoints the Proton’s Size," 28 Nov. 2019 Fortunately, the air showers sparked by cosmic rays contain a higher proportion of muons, short-lived cousins of the electrons, than the showers from gamma rays. — Dennis Normile, Science | AAAS, "Highest energy light ever seen traced to Crab Nebula," 8 July 2019 The fundamental particles that have so far been identified have been given esoteric names like quarks, leptons, muons and taus. — Dylan Loeb Mcclain, New York Times, "Ann Nelson, Expert on Particle Physics, Is Dead at 61," 26 Aug. 2019 There are three types of neutrinos, referred to as the three flavors: electron, muon, and tau neutrinos. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Ghost Particles Could Explain Just About Everything in the Universe," 23 Aug. 2019 Scientists may have discovered one of the oldest Christian churches in the world by using muon radiography to scan a mysterious subterranean building located in the ancient Russian city of Derbent, on the Caspian Sea's coast. — Fox News, "Scientists may have found one of the oldest Christian churches in the world," 12 July 2019 Study coauthor Balakrishnan Hariharan devised a model that determined how powerful an electric field would need to be to alter the number of muons detected in GRAPES-3. — Adam Mann, National Geographic, "Most powerful electrical storm on record detected," 23 Apr. 2019 The fundamental particles that have so far been identified have been given esoteric names like quarks, leptons, muons, and taus. — Dylan Loeb Mcclain, BostonGlobe.com, "Ann Nelson, expert on particle physics, 61," 29 Aug. 2019

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