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subatomic particle

n.
Any of various units of matter below the size of an atom, including the elementary particles and hadrons.
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In quantum physics, a subatomic particle can be in two places at the same time.
What does matter ultimately consist of?
Muons are elementary subatomic particles with a negative charge, like electrons, but are much heavier than the latter.
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GENEVA -- Scientists at the world's largest smasher said Wednesday they have discovered two new subatomic particles never seen before that could widen our understanding of the universe.
Scientists discover 2 new tiny particles
Our interest will be thus best served if we take this Goddamn Particle only as a subatomic particle and not as the Almighty
Let God be left undiscovered
It was Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose after whom class of subatomic particles ' boson' is named.
India's tryst with particle physics continues
It's long been accepted that six different "flavors" of particles called quarks combine to form larger subatomic particles.
Scientists discover new particle that may rewrite how matter's created
Dozens of types of subatomic particle exist, and scientists suspect there may be still more to discover.
The particle zoo
Each subatomic particle can be interpreted as the result of the interaction of energy in the "entropy-state" with one or more quanta of the a-temporal physical space.
Toward a new interpretation of subatomic particles and their motion inside a-temporal physical space
Richard Boyd, professor of physics and astronomy, Ohio State University, Columbus, and his colleagues have devised a way to use the speed of material streaming outward from a supernova to measure the mass of an elusive subatomic particle known as the neutrino.
Supernovas and Black Holes Could Offer Clues to Subatomic Particles
For example, a subatomic particle can disappear from one orbit and simultaneously appear in another orbit.
Do we exist in parallel universes?
A long-studied subatomic particle called Lambda (1405) is actually a molecule of two tightly knit particles, researchers report in the April 3 Physical Review Letters.
A new quirk for quarks
Higgs published a paper predicting the existence of a subatomic particle that came to be known as the Higgs boson.
Yep, that was a Higgs boson

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