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A lepton is an elementary particle that does not undergo strong interactions. Two main classes of leptons exist: charged leptons (also known as the electron-like leptons), and neutral leptons (better known as neutrinos). Charged leptons can combine with other particles to form various composite particles such as atoms and positronium, while neutrinos rarely interact with anything, and are consequently rarely observed.
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Neutral elementary particle in atomic nuclei?
lepton
Which of these is NOT a subatomic particle found in atoms?
That should be the lepton. The electronic lepton (e-) to be accurate. More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepton
What do neutrons and electrons have in common?
Very little except that they are both particles that make up atoms. The electron is a lepton with very little mass and a negative electrical charge. The neutron is a much more massive, chargeless particle (a hadron) which with protons (positively-charged hadrons) forms the atomic nucleus.
What is the difference between particle size and crystallite size?
crystallite is the average size of the particle whereas the particle size denotes the individual size of the particle.
Which has the largest mass alpha particle gamma ray positron or beta particle?
The alpha particle is much more massive than a beta particle. A beta particle is an electron, which has very little mass. An alpha particle is a helium nucleus, and consists of two protons and two neutrons.
Neutral elementary particle in atomic nuclei?
lepton
What do electrons have in them?
There is currently no scientific evidence for any constituents of an electron. So, for now, the electron is a lepton (a lepton is any fundamental particle).
Which of these is NOT a subatomic particle found in atoms?
That should be the lepton. The electronic lepton (e-) to be accurate. More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepton
What is the subatomic particle with a no electrical charge?
I think you might be referring to the Neutrinos in the Lepton section of the Subatomic Particle Table, each non Neutrino in the Lepton section has a Neutrino equivalent, for example an Electron and a Electron Neutrino, or the Muon and the Muon Neutrino. Unless you were referring to the Gauge Bosons which are forces used to connect Quarks and Leptons together, all the forces have a 0 charge. This should answer the Question.
What is a subtomic particale with a negative charge?
The electron has a negative charge. It is found in the electron cloud around the nucleus.
How many electrons are in a nitrogen particle?
There is one electron in a beta- particle, because a beta- particle is an electron and an electron antineutrino. A beta+ particle is a positron and an electron neutrino. A link can be found below to a related question that will help a bit in sorting out the puzzles surrounding beta particles.
Can a lepton travel faster than the speed of light?
Leptons have mass.According to special relativity, no particle with mass can travel at or faster than the speed of light. It would take infinite energy to do so.
Who invented the lepton?
jb
What is an unstable lepton?
muon
How are the wavelength and spin of a lepton related?
Lepton wavelength and spin are not related. Leptons have a spin of 1/2 regardless of wavelength.
What is the smallest part of an element that retains the properties of the element atoms lepton or quark?
The smallest particle that retains the properties of an element is an atom. Quarks and leptons are just a family of elementary particles and do not carry any properties of the element.
Can one neutron can split into an alpha particle and a beta particle?
No, this is not possible. There are multiple reasons one could give for this. For example electric charge is not conserved; the neutron has no charge, the beta particle has a charge of -1 (times the positive elementary charge) and the alpha particle has a charge of +2. Therefore you go from 0 charge to (-1 + 2 = 1) +1 charge. You could fix this by making two beta particles (but it would still not work for the reasons below). Every such reaction must conserve baryon number. A baryon is an object consisting of three quarks. The neutron is a baryon and therefore has baryon number +1. The alpha particle consists of two neutrons and two protons (the proton is also a baryon) so it has baryon number +4. The beta particle has baryon number 0. So the reaction n -> alpha + beta would increase the total baryon number by (+4 - 1 = 3) 3 which is not allowed. To fix this one would need, for example, to add three baryons to the initial state. The lepton number is also not conserved by this reaction. Protons and neutrons both have lepton number 0, but the beta particle has lepton number +1. Therefore this reaction would go from lepton number 0 to +1, which is also not allowed. This could be easily fixed by adding an antielectron-neutrino to the final state. A possible reaction that would fix everything would be something like: 4n -> alpha + 2 beta + 2 antielectron-neutrinos
