mu meson
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of mu meson
First recorded in 1945–50
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Burton Richter, a former director of SLAC, said in an interview that when he first met him, “Martin was already fascinated by the quest for the brotherhood of the mu mesons: Why there was only one mu meson? Why weren’t there more? Could there be more?”
From New York Times
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