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ANTI-LEPTON [1 record]

Record 1 1999-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
CONT

Z bosons decay to produce either quark and its matching flavor antiquark or a lepton and its matching anti-lepton.

OBS

The Electron is a lepton. The Electron anti-Neutrino is an anti-lepton. The Neutron and Proton are not leptons.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
CONT

À chaque lepton correspond un antilepton de même masse mais de charge opposée. Quand un lepton et son antilepton se rencontrent, ils s'annihilent pour libérer de l'énergie.

Spanish

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