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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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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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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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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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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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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Fautor lepton is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails,...
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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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