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elementary particle

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elementary particle
n.
1. A knoblike body that appears on the luminal surfaces of mitochondrial cristae and is believed to be involved with the electron transport system.
2. Any of the subatomic particles that compose matter and energy, especially one hypothesized or regarded as an irreducible constituent of matter. Also called fundamental particle.
elementary particle,
(in physics) a subatomic particle, such as an electron, neutron, or proton.
particle
an extremely small mass of material. See also alpha particles and beta particle.
elementary particle
any of the subatomic particles, including electrons, protons, neutrons, positrons, neutrinos and muons.


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Although the string universe includes the pointlike, elementary particles of conventional physics, such as quarks and electrons, those are just vibrations of the more-fundamental strings.
Fit to be tied: impatience with string theory boils over by Weiss, Peter / Science News
Gell-Mann received the Nobel Prize in physics in 1969 for "his contributions and discoveries concerning the classification of elementary particles and their interactions.
Murray Gell-Mann (1929-present) 2005 Humanist of the Year by The Humanist
Like all elementary particle decays to charged particles in the final state, the beta decay of the free neutron has a radiative mode: n [right arrow] p + [e.
Detecting the radiative decay mode of the neutron by Byrne, J. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
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