positron

subatomic particle with positive charge
Thing type_of_quantum_particle Q3229
positron
Carl D. Anderson (1905–1991) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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positron

Summary

positron is a type of quantum particle[1]. positron draws 845 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_quantum_particle category, ranking #13 of 125).[2]

Key Facts

  • positron is credited with the discovery of Carl David Anderson[3].
  • positron's image is recorded as PositronDiscovery.jpg[4].
  • positron's instance of is recorded as type of quantum particle[5].
  • positron's instance of is recorded as particle physics[6].
  • positron's followed by is recorded as antimuon[7].
  • positron's GND ID is recorded as 4175441-4[8].
  • positron's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85105392[9].
  • positron's subclass of is recorded as antilepton[10].
  • positron's subclass of is recorded as elementary particle[11].
  • positron's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00574256[12].
  • positron's part of is recorded as particle physics[13].
  • positron's Commons category is recorded as Positrons[14].
  • positron's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 21303[15].
  • positron's interaction is recorded as gravity[16].
  • positron's interaction is recorded as electromagnetic interaction[17].
  • positron's interaction is recorded as weak interaction[18].
  • positron's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1932-00-00T00:00:00Z[19].
  • positron's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/065sn[20].
  • positron's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph683099[21].
  • positron's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 539.7214[22].
  • positron's PSH ID is recorded as 3699[23].
  • positron's spin quantum number is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5'}[24].
  • positron's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 422665[25].
  • positron's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0133816[26].
  • positron's Monte Carlo Particle Number is recorded as -11[27].

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Works and Contributions

positron is credited with the discovery of Carl David Anderson[3].

Why It Matters

positron draws 845 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_quantum_particle category, ranking #13 of 125).[2] positron has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] positron is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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