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Muons

A muon (μ) is a heavy electron.The rest mass is 200 times the rest mass of an electron. A muon is negatively charged.
A muon decays into an electron, an electron antineutrino and a muon neutrino.An antimuon decays into a positron, an electron neutrino and a muon antineutrino.

μ-   →   e- + anti-νe + νμ

μ+   →   e+ + νe + anti-νμ

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Specification: AQA Physics (7407), AS-level, 3.2.1.5 Classification of particles. Topic: Quarks and Leptons.

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