electron neutrino

collocation in English

meaningsofelectronandneutrino

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electron
noun[C]
uk
/iˈlek.trɒn/us
/iˈlek.trɑːn/
an extremely small piece of matter with a negative ...
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neutrino
noun[C]
uk
/njuːˈtriː.nəʊ/us
/nuːˈtriː.noʊ/
a very small piece of matter that has no electrical charge and exists for a very short time, produced during some types of ...
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(Definition ofelectronandneutrinofrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, no beta particle is emitted, but only anelectronneutrino.
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The beryllium could capture an electron and produce a lithium-7 atom and anelectronneutrino.
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Together with the electron it forms the first generation of leptons, hence its name "electronneutrino".
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Antimuons, in mirror fashion, most often decay to the corresponding antiparticles: a positron, anelectronneutrino, and a muon antineutrino.
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For example the first generation consists of the electron with a negative electric charge and the electrically neutralelectronneutrino.
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Theelectronneutrinowas simply called the neutrino, as it was not yet known that neutrinos came in different flavours (or different generations).
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Most of these are muon neutrinos, with a smallelectronneutrinocontamination.
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In short: when four protons fuse to become one helium nucleus, two of them have to convert into neutrons, and each such conversion releases oneelectronneutrino.
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The detected number of electron neutrinos was only 1/3 of the predicted number, and this was known as the solar neutrino problem.
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Solar neutrinos have energies smaller than the mass of muons and tau leptons, so only electron neutrinos can participate in this reaction.
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The initial collapse of degenerate cores is accelerated by beta decay, photodisintegration and electron capture, which causes a burst of electron neutrinos.
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Its major result was setting limits on the neutrino oscillation parameters responsible for changing electron neutrinos into other neutrinos.
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For some nuclei, the process occurs as conversion of two protons to neutrons, with emission of two electron neutrinos and absorption of two orbital electrons (double electron capture).
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