physics, a lepton is an elementary particle of half-integer spin (spin 1/2) that does not undergo strong interactions. Two main classes of leptons exist:...
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physics, lepton number (historically also called lepton charge) is a conserved quantum number representing the difference between the number of leptons and...
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The lepton, plural lepta (Greek: λεπτόν, λεπτά), is the name of various fractional units of currency used in the Greek-speaking world from antiquity until...
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Matter (section Based on quarks and leptons)
(zero total lepton number and baryon number) to begin with before the annihilation—one lepton minus one antilepton equals zero net lepton number—and this...
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up Lepton, lepton, leptón, or lépton in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The term lepton from the Greek λεπτός (meaning "small") may refer to: Lepton, one...
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Tau (particle) (redirect from Tau lepton)
The tau (τ), also called the tau lepton, tau particle, tauon or tau electron, is an elementary particle similar to the electron, with negative electric...
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Flavour (particle physics) (section Leptons)
The Standard Model counts six flavours of quarks and six flavours of leptons. They are conventionally parameterized with flavour quantum numbers that...
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Electron (redirect from Electron lepton)
elementary electric charge. Electrons belong to the first generation of the lepton particle family, and are generally thought to be elementary particles because...
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cosmological models of the Big Bang, the lepton epoch was the period in the evolution of the early universe in which the leptons dominated the mass of the Universe...
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LHCb experiment (redirect from Lepton flavour universality)
charged leptons (electron, muon and tau lepton) to the gauge bosons are expected to be identical, with the only difference emerging from the lepton masses...
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