BRAINCAKEMuons
A muon (μ) is a heavy electron.
The rest mass is 200 times the rest mass of an electron. A muon is negatively charged.
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Key terms in this lesson
- Positron
- The antiparticle of the electron: it has the same mass as an electron but a positive charge.
- Neutrino
- An uncharged, almost massless lepton that interacts only very weakly with matter and is emitted, along with a beta particle, in beta decay.
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