: 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
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That muon then created its own fragmentary debris, sparking a ripple of telltale pale blue photons dubbed Cherenkov radiation that passed over ARCA’s instruments.
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2025
Combined, these tell us that the muon had to be the product of a neutrino interacting with the ocean near the detector.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 12 Feb. 2025
By analyzing that light, physicists were able to reconstruct the muon’s submarine path, estimate the energy of the original neutrino and pinpoint its origins to a particular region of space.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2025
The particle accelerators used to generate muons are very energy intensive, so many fusion reactions must be generated per muon to break even in energy output.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Dec. 2024
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2025
Combined, these tell us that the muon had to be the product of a neutrino interacting with the ocean near the detector.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 12 Feb. 2025
By analyzing that light, physicists were able to reconstruct the muon’s submarine path, estimate the energy of the original neutrino and pinpoint its origins to a particular region of space.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2025
The particle accelerators used to generate muons are very energy intensive, so many fusion reactions must be generated per muon to break even in energy output.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Muon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muon. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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