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TOPONIUM [1 record]

Record 1 2023-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Relativity (Physics)
DEF

Any hypothetical meson formed from a top quark and its antiquark ...

CONT

The bound system of top and antitop quarks, called toponium, can be used for spectroscopie studies at distance scales of less than 10-14 cm.

OBS

toponiums, toponia: plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Relativité (Physique)
DEF

Tout meson hypothétique formé d’un quark top et de son antiquark.

CONT

Une des motivations de ce détecteur [...] était, outre la chasse au boson de Higgs, la possibilité de découvrir le toponium [...] dont la signature possédait une raie gamma d’environ 800 MeV [mégaélectrovolts].

Spanish

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