What is Meson? A Basic Definition

Meson \Mes"on\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`son middle, neut. of
         me`sos,
   a., middle.]
   1. (Anat.) The mesial plane
         dividing the body of an animal
      into similar right and
         left halves. The line in which it
      meets the dorsal
         surface has been called the dorsimeson,
      and the
         corresponding ventral edge the ventrimeson. --B.
      G.
         Wilder.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Physics) An
         elementary particle made up of two quarks; a
      hadron
         having a baryon number of zero; any hadron other
      than
         a baryon. Mesons are bosons with integral values of
     
         spin, having a mass intermediate between those of the
     
         electron and a nucleon; they may have positive or negative

              charges, or may be neutral. Mesons are of three types:
         the
      pion
         ([pi]-meson), kaon
         (K-mesons), and
     
         [eta]-mesons.
    
          [PJC]

   mu meson
         (Physics) the
         former name for the muon,
         a
      particle which is not a
         true meson[2]. The term is no
      longer used in
         technical literature, except historically.
      [PJC]

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Fri Oct 17

• "El Meson Pleased Us Greatly with Awesome Steaks": Restaurant review of El Meson, Cusco, Peru

Sun Oct 12

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Sun Aug 3

• Cuil confesses 'serious file corruption' | The Register: Quantum porn puns

Mon Jul 7

• Efeito Ázaron " Faça você mesmo seu ACELERADOR DE PARTÍCULAS

Tue Apr 29

• Measurement of the J/psi meson and b-hadron production cross sections in p[overline p] collisions at sqrt(s) = 1960 GeV: We present a new measurement of the inclusive and differential production cross sections of J/psi mesons and b hadrons in proton-antipro ton collisions at sqrt(s)=1960 GeV. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 39.7 pb-1 collected by the CDF r

Sun Mar 23

• CERN Document Server: Record#422203: Observation of Orbitally Excited B Mesons in ppbar Collisions at: Observation of Orbitally Excited B Mesons in ppbar Collisions at

Thu Mar 20

• Flipping particle could explain missing antimatter - fundamentals - 18 March 2008 - New Scientist

Sun Mar 16

• O trunfo das festas gastronómicas en Ordes: En Mesón do Vento festexan ao lacón con grelos

Fri Feb 22

• Binary collision rates of relativistic thermal plasmas. II - Spectra
• Secondary cosmic-ray electrons and positrons from 1 to 100 GeV in the upper atmo

Thu Jan 24

• Pagina nueva 1: moldes prefabricados

Sat Dec 15

• KEK:PRESS Release (BellePress)

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