muon

elementary subatomic particle with negative electric charge
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muon

Summary

muon is a type of quantum particle[1]. muon has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • muon is credited with the discovery of Carl David Anderson[3].
  • muon's instance of is recorded as type of quantum particle[4].
  • muon followed electron[5].
  • muon was followed by tau[6].
  • muon is a type of charged lepton[7].
  • muon is a type of elementary particle[8].
  • muon's Commons category is recorded as Muons[9].
  • muon's interaction is recorded as gravity[10].
  • muon's interaction is recorded as electromagnetic interaction[11].
  • muon's interaction is recorded as weak interaction[12].
  • muon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1937[13].
  • muon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Muons[14].
  • muon's g-factor is recorded as {'amount': '-2.0023318418'}[15].
  • muon's spin quantum number is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5'}[16].
  • muon's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[17].
  • muon's Monte Carlo Particle Number is recorded as 13[18].
  • muon's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q108888186', 'amount': '+105658371.5'}[19].
  • muon's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q483261', 'amount': '+0.1134289267'}[20].
  • muon's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q108888206', 'amount': '+105.6583745'}[21].
  • muon's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q483261', 'amount': '+0.1134289257'}[22].
  • muon's magnetic moment is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21088638', 'amount': '-0.000000000000000000000000044904478'}[23].
  • muon's half-life is recorded as {'unit': 'Q842015', 'amount': '+1.5228312'}[24].
  • muon's antiparticle is recorded as antimuon[25].
  • muon's electric charge is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2101', 'amount': '-1'}[26].
  • muon's has superpartner is recorded as smuon[27].

Body

Definition and Type

muon's instance of is recorded as type of quantum particle[4]. Recorded subclass of include charged lepton[7] and elementary particle[8].

Influence

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

Why It Matters

muon has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] muon is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

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

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Review of Particle Physics. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . pdg.lbl.gov. pdg.lbl.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . pdg.lbl.gov. pdg.lbl.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Review of Particle Physics. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Review of Particle Physics. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . pdg.lbl.gov. pdg.lbl.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14h ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Muons
    G-factor {'amount': '-2.0023318418'}
    Antiparticle antimuon
    Magnetic moment {'unit': 'Q21088638', 'amount': '-0.000000000000000000000000
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