muon

Summary

muon is a type of quantum particle^[1]. muon ranks in the top 7% of type_of_quantum_particle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,163 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• muon is credited with the discovery of Carl David Anderson^[3].
• muon's image is recorded as Hard-component-muon-868x1024.png^[4].
• muon's instance of is recorded as type of quantum particle^[5].
• muon's follows is recorded as electron^[6].
• muon's followed by is recorded as tau^[7].
• muon's GND ID is recorded as 4170940-8^[8].
• muon's subclass of is recorded as charged lepton^[9].
• muon's subclass of is recorded as elementary particle^[10].
• muon's Commons category is recorded as Muons^[11].
• muon's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 72009^[12].
• muon's interaction is recorded as gravity^[13].
• muon's interaction is recorded as electromagnetic interaction^[14].
• muon's interaction is recorded as weak interaction^[15].
• muon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1937-00-00T00:00:00Z^[16].
• muon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/051t9^[17].
• muon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Muons^[18].
• muon's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 539.72114^[19].
• muon's g-factor is recorded as {'amount': '-2.0023318418'}^[20].
• muon's spin quantum number is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5'}^[21].
• muon's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1014606^[22].
• muon's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7^[23].
• muon's Monte Carlo Particle Number is recorded as 13^[24].
• muon's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/muon^[25].
• muon's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q108888186', 'amount': '+105658371.5'}^[26].
• muon's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q483261', 'amount': '+0.1134289267'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

muon is credited with the discovery of Carl David Anderson^[3]. Things named for muon include muon neutrino^[28], a type of quantum particle^[29] and Muography^[30].

Why It Matters

muon ranks in the top 7% of type_of_quantum_particle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,163 views/month).^[2] muon has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] muon is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for muon include muon neutrino^[28], a type of quantum particle^[29] and Muography^[30].