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mu meson

noun

Physics.
  1. (no longer in technical use) muon.


mu meson

/ ː /

noun

  1. a former name for muon
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of mu meson1

First recorded in 1945–50
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Burton Richter, a former director of SLAC, said in an interview that when he first met him, “Martin was already fascinated by the quest for the brotherhood of the mu mesons: Why there was only one mu meson? Why weren’t there more? Could there be more?”

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