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4 lettersPronunciation /ˈmjuːɒn/Part of speech nounSorted mnouStarts with MEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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  1. A short-lived subatomic particle similar to an electron but heavier.

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  • The μ-meson of Powell (called here muon) is instead a disintegration product of the pion, only weakly linked to the nucleons and therefore of little importance in the explanation of nuclear forces.
  • The spectrum of electrons arising from the decay of the negative mu meson has been determined. The muons are arrested in the gas of a high pressure hydrogen filled diffusion cloud chamber.
  • The data comes from experiments at the Fermilab US particle accelerator facility, which explored how subatomic particles called muons – similar to electrons but about 200 times heavier – move in a magnetic field.

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