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WHAT ARE LEPTONS?
Universe Today ^ | 1 Dec, 2016 | Matt Williams

Posted on 12/02/2016 7:50:14 PM PST by MtnClimber

During the 19th and 20th centuries, physicists began to probe deep into the nature of matter and energy. In so doing, they quickly realized that the rules which govern them become increasingly blurry the deeper one goes. Whereas the predominant theory used to be that all matter was made up of indivisible atoms, scientists began to realize that atoms are themselves composed of even smaller particles.

From these investigations, the Standard Model of Particle Physics was born. According to this model, all matter in the Universe is composed of two kinds of particles: hadrons – from which Large Hadron Collider (LHC) gets its name – and leptons. Where hadrons are composed of other elementary particles (quarks, anti-quarks, etc), leptons are elementary particles that exist on their own.

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KEYWORDS: particlephysics
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1 posted on 12/02/2016 7:50:14 PM PST by MtnClimber
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I think 0bama and hillary have leptons for brains.


2 posted on 12/02/2016 7:50:59 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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3 posted on 12/02/2016 7:51:46 PM PST by doc1019
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The Jetsons next door neighbors? /rim shot


4 posted on 12/02/2016 7:51:47 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: MtnClimber
They are similar to morons and peons but with less mass.

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5 posted on 12/02/2016 7:53:42 PM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: MtnClimber

Confusing as all get out.

That’s what they are.


6 posted on 12/02/2016 7:53:44 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: MtnClimber
My takeaway:

If you're over 50 and you eat this carb you will never lose belly fat.

7 posted on 12/02/2016 7:54:47 PM PST by dr_lew (I)
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To: MtnClimber

We need to find a way to tax the little suckers.


8 posted on 12/02/2016 7:56:39 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: lepton

Ping. :-)


9 posted on 12/02/2016 8:05:26 PM PST by lysie (Jessi , I am. I'm not Lisa.)
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To: MtnClimber
Lepton? That's how I felt when my cat decided that the most comfortable place in the house was my chest.
10 posted on 12/02/2016 8:06:31 PM PST by KarlInOhio (" T'was the witch of November come stealin' " And who could the stealing Witch of November be? Hmm?)
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Well, it’s electrons and friends. Electrons are our friends, are they not? Hand’s down the most familiar of the elementary particles.


11 posted on 12/02/2016 8:11:31 PM PST by dr_lew (I)
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To: MtnClimber

Obviously, Leptons are little robot leprechauns.
Armies of Leptons are surging over the borders, taking the jobs and depressing the wages of regular leprechauns.
They must be stopped!


12 posted on 12/02/2016 8:11:56 PM PST by mumblypeg (Make America Macho Again.)
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leptons are elementary particles that exist on their own.

Sort of like true conservatives. We don't exist on government handouts, existing on our own means.

13 posted on 12/02/2016 8:12:51 PM PST by roadcat
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I was told they were human fodder left over after a Kangaroo stampede.


14 posted on 12/02/2016 8:15:44 PM PST by Hostage (Article V)
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Leptons and hadrons and mesons! Oh, my!


15 posted on 12/02/2016 8:17:41 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (President Trump is coming, and the rule of law is coming with him.)
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Illegal electrons? Wait, it is a Leptonia species spelled incorrectly. .
16 posted on 12/02/2016 8:23:33 PM PST by Fungi
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I think 0bama and hillary have leptons for brains.

They run around acting like they have no brains at all. Just babbling mouths.

17 posted on 12/02/2016 8:35:56 PM PST by Bullish (The fly on Hillary's forehead knows)
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Do not be fooled by the spellings. Leftons are Morons who voted for H->.


18 posted on 12/02/2016 8:47:59 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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When he incur nerve damage, are these smaller parts of a nerve cell damaged also.

ARE they parts of a nerve cell?

Everything’s made up of atoms, right?

Shaky in this area.


19 posted on 12/02/2016 8:56:58 PM PST by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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Not plasma.


20 posted on 12/02/2016 9:01:03 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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