Lighters and heaviers


After the discovery of meson (m ) i.e. "intermedier" , heavier 207* times than electron, but much more lighter than proton, it was decided to name light particles as leptons or lighters.

Leptons can be found in Greece - you can take one of them as a souvenir**.


Lepto(n)

It's a bit unlucky but third lighter - tau (t), is twice heavier than proton, neutron and many others heaviers or hadrons.

Do not try to lift up  t lepton, you will squeeze your fingers!


* Lepton's masses (1990)
  • me=0,51099906±0.000000015 MeV, lifetime > 2·10 22 years
  • mm=105,658387±0.000034 MeV, lifetime (2,19703±0,00004)·10-6 s
  • mt=1784,1+2.7 -3.6 MeV, lifetime (0,303±0.008)·10-12 s
** Organizers appology, but Bank of Greece retracts 1 lepto coins from currency and it was not possible to deliver a sufficient amount of leptons.

Masses of  presented here  m lepton, proton and neutron corresponds exactly to the proportions to 1 cent lepton e (2.29g). t
"Lepton" in the present shape is slighty heavier than it should be from comparison to e lepton .


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