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antielectron

[ an-tee-i-lek-tron, an-tahy- ]

noun

Physics.
  1. a positron.


antielectron

/ ă²Ô′tŧ-Ä­-±ôÄ•°ì′³Ù°ùŲÔ′,ă²Ô′tÄ«- /

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First, the team used an electric field to catch antiprotons and antielectrons generated in particle collisions.

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Muon and electron antineutrinos can spawn detectable antimuons and antielectrons by striking protons, although with about half the efficiency of the neutrino interactions.

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The best-known example is the antielectron, or positron.

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LHC researchers have accumulated evidence of the particle decaying into a variety of products, following theoretical predictions, including into two photons and an electron–antielectron pair.

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They measured the frequency of light needed to jolt a positron — an antielectron — from its lowest energy level to the next level up, and found no discrepancy with the corresponding energy transition in ordinary hydrogen.

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