Nuclear & Particle Physics
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Nuclear & Particle Physics
Mass Defect
The difference between the total mass of an atom's individual free nucleons and the actual smaller mass of the bound atomic nucleus.
Nuclear & Particle PhysicsMean Life
The average expected lifetime of a radioactive nucleus before undergoing radioactive decay.
Nuclear & Particle PhysicsMesons
Hadronic subatomic particles composed of one valence quark and one valence antiquark bound by gluons.
Nuclear & Particle PhysicsMuon
A second-generation elementary charged lepton with a mass approximately 207 times greater than an electron.