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- noun Plural form of
lepton .
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Examples
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The essential difference between quarks and leptons is that leptons are not affected by the strong force.
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If a fourth family of quarks and leptons is discovered, this may mean that the standard model must be revised and more extensive reconstruction within elementary-particle physics commenced.
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The most essential difference between quarks and leptons is that leptons are not affected by the strong force.
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If a fourth family of quarks and leptons is discovered in the future, the Standard Model in its present form would need a revision and a major reconstruction of the theory of elementary particles could be called for.
Additional background material on the Nobel Prize in Physics 1995 1995
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My friends in physics tell me they are made of only vibrations of energy, called leptons.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Olivia Rosewood 2011
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In the These extreme electroweak stars will "burn" quarks, converting them into smaller particles called leptons, generating massive quantities of energy, flooding space with neutrinos
Warren Ellis Warren Ellis 2010
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Also, it turns out Charlie Stross 'novella PALIMPSEST got nominated for a Hugo too, and These extreme electroweak stars will "burn" quarks, converting them into smaller particles called leptons, generating massive quantities of energy, flooding space with neutrinos
Warren Ellis Warren Ellis 2010
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Also, it turns out Charlie Stross 'novella PALIMPSEST got nominated for a Hugo too, and These extreme electroweak stars will "burn" quarks, converting them into smaller particles called leptons, generating massive quantities of energy, flooding space with neutrinos
Warren Ellis Warren Ellis 2010
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In the These extreme electroweak stars will "burn" quarks, converting them into smaller particles called leptons, generating massive quantities of energy, flooding space with neutrinos
Warren Ellis Warren Ellis 2010
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These extreme electroweak stars will "burn" quarks, converting them into smaller particles called leptons, generating massive quantities of energy, flooding space with neutrinos
Warren Ellis Warren Ellis 2010
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