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• cascade particle — Physics. the least massive member of the xi particle family. Also called cascade hyperon. * * * …   Universalium

• cascade particle — Physics. the least massive member of the xi particle family. Also called cascade hyperon …   Useful english dictionary

• particle accelerator — accelerator (def. 7). [1945 50] * * * Device that accelerates a beam of fast moving, electrically charged atoms (ions) or subatomic particles. Accelerators are used to study the structure of atomic nuclei (see atom) and the nature of subatomic… …   Universalium

• Particle shower — In particle physics, a shower is a cascade of secondary particles produced as the result of a high energy particle interacting with dense matter. The incoming particle interacts, producing multiple new particles with lesser energy; each of these… …   Wikipedia

• Particle accelerator — Atom smasher redirects here. For other uses, see Atom smasher (disambiguation). A 1960s single stage 2 MeV linear Van de Graaff accelerator, here opened for maintenance A particle accelerator[1] is a device that uses electromagnetic fields to… …   Wikipedia

• Collision cascade — A classical molecular dynamics computer simulation of a collision cascade in Au induced by a 10 keV Au self recoil. This is a typical case of a collision cascade in the heat spike regime. Each small sphere illustrates the position of an atom, in… …   Wikipedia

• subatomic particle — or elementary particle Any of various self contained units of matter or energy. Discovery of the electron in 1897 and of the atomic nucleus in 1911 established that the atom is actually a composite of a cloud of electrons surrounding a tiny but… …   Universalium

• Stopping power (particle radiation) — In passing through matter, fast charged particles ionize the atoms or molecules which they encounter. Thus, the fast particles gradually lose energy in many small steps. Stopping power is defined as the average energy loss of the particle per… …   Wikipedia

• xi particle — Physics. any of a family of baryons having strangeness 2 and isotopic spin 1/2. Symbolically represented by the capital greek letter Xi. Cf. cascade particle. [1960 65] * * * xi particle, a hyperon, either neutral or negative, present in cosmic… …   Useful english dictionary

• xi particle — Physics. any of a family of baryons having strangeness 2 and isotopic spin 1/2. Symbolically represented by the capital greek letter Xi. Cf. cascade particle. [1960 65] * * * …   Universalium

• Zeus (particle detector) — ZEUS is a particle detector that was operation at HERA ( Hadron Elektron Ring Anlage ) in DESY, Hamburg. It began operating together with HERA in 1992 and was functional until HERA was decommissioned in June 2007. Leptons (electrons or positrons) …   Wikipedia