pion

lightest meson with a quark and an antiquark
Thing type_of_quantum_particle Q4097
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pion

Summary

pion is a type of quantum particle[1]. pion draws 829 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_quantum_particle category, ranking #14 of 125).[2]

Key Facts

  • pion is credited with the discovery of César Lattes[3].
  • pion is credited with the discovery of Giuseppe Occhialini[4].
  • pion is credited with the discovery of C. F. Powell[5].
  • pion's image is recorded as Quark structure pion.svg[6].
  • pion's instance of is recorded as type of quantum particle[7].
  • pion's GND ID is recorded as 4174718-5[8].
  • pion's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85102318[9].
  • pion's subclass of is recorded as meson[10].
  • pion's subclass of is recorded as pseudoscalar meson[11].
  • pion's Commons category is recorded as Pions[12].
  • pion's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 72513[13].
  • pion's interaction is recorded as strong interaction[14].
  • pion's interaction is recorded as weak interaction[15].
  • pion's interaction is recorded as electromagnetic interaction[16].
  • pion's interaction is recorded as gravity[17].
  • pion's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0970y[18].
  • pion's ChEBI ID is recorded as 36348[19].
  • pion's described at URL is recorded as https://rinconeducativo.org/en/anniversaries/march-8-1924-death-cesar-lattes-co-discoverer-meson-pi-o-pion/[20].
  • pion's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 539.72162[21].
  • pion's PSH ID is recorded as 3705[22].
  • pion's spin quantum number is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[23].
  • pion's parity quantum number is recorded as {'amount': '-1'}[24].
  • pion's isospin quantum number is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[25].
  • pion's isospin z-component is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[26].
  • pion's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include César Lattes[3], a nuclear physicist[28], 1924–2005[29], of Brazil[30], awarded the National Order of Scientific Merit[31]; Giuseppe Occhialini[4], a physicist[32], 1907–1993[33], of Italy[34], awarded the Wolf Prize in Physics[35], specialised in particle physics[36]; and C. F. Powell[5], a physicist[37], 1903–1969[38], of United Kingdom[39], awarded the Hughes Medal[40], specialised in physics[41].

Why It Matters

pion draws 829 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_quantum_particle category, ranking #14 of 125).[2] pion has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] pion is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . rinconeducativo.org. Retrieved . rinconeducativo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . rinconeducativo.org. Retrieved . rinconeducativo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . rinconeducativo.org. Retrieved . rinconeducativo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Review of Particle Physics. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . rinconeducativo.org. Retrieved . rinconeducativo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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