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  2. Electron - Wikipedia

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    The electron, on the other hand, is thought to be stable on theoretical grounds: the electron is the least massive particle with non-zero electric charge, so its decay would violate charge conservation. [97] The experimental lower bound for the electron's mean lifetime is 6.6 × 10 28 years, at a 90% confidence level. [9] [98] [99]

  3. List of particles - Wikipedia

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    Odderon, a particle composed of an odd number of gluons, detected in 2021. A counterpart to pomerons. Minicharged particle are hypothetical subatomic particles charged with a tiny fraction of the electron charge. Continuous spin particle are hypothetical massless particles related to the classification of the representations of the Poincaré group.

  4. Elementary particle - Wikipedia

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    The W bosons are known for their mediation in nuclear decay: The W − converts a neutron into a proton then decays into an electron and electron-antineutrino pair. The Z 0 does not convert particle flavor or charges, but rather changes momentum; it is the only mechanism for elastically scattering neutrinos. The weak gauge bosons were ...

  5. Elementary charge - Wikipedia

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    Later, the name electron was assigned to the particle and the unit of charge e lost its name. However, the unit of energy electronvolt (eV) is a remnant of the fact that the elementary charge was once called electron.

  6. Classical electron radius - Wikipedia

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    It links the classical electrostatic self-interaction energy of a homogeneous charge distribution to the electron's relativistic mass-energy. According to modern understanding, the electron is a point particle with a point charge and no spatial extent. Nevertheless, it is useful to define a length that characterizes electron interactions in ...

  7. J. J. Thomson - Wikipedia

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    Thomson in 1897 was the first to suggest that one of the fundamental units of the atom was more than 1,000 times smaller than an atom, suggesting the subatomic particle now known as the electron. Thomson discovered this through his explorations on the properties of cathode rays.

  8. Particle physics - Wikipedia

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    Particle physics or high-energy physics is the study of fundamental particles and forces that constitute matter and radiation.The field also studies combinations of elementary particles up to the scale of protons and neutrons, while the study of combination of protons and neutrons is called nuclear physics.

  9. Mass-to-charge ratio - Wikipedia

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    When charged particles move in electric and magnetic fields the following two laws apply: Lorentz force law: = (+),; Newton's second law of motion: = =; where F is the force applied to the ion, m is the mass of the particle, a is the acceleration, Q is the electric charge, E is the electric field, and v × B is the cross product of the ion's velocity and the magnetic flux density.