muonic
- a word derived from muon.
Example Sentences
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In spite of unknown rewards and certain risks, many particle physicists are flocking to the muonic fold.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 28, 2023
Pohl’s experiments used muonic hydrogen, where the electron orbiting the nucleus is actually a muon, the heavier sibling of an electron.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 19, 2013
The latest experiment also used muonic hydrogen, but probed a different set of energy levels in the atom.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 25, 2013
Probing the muonic hydrogen with a laser yielded a high-precision measurement of the proton's size.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 25, 2013
