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anomalon [ə′näm·ə‚län] (nuclear physics) A nuclear fragment, produced in the collision of a projectile nucleus at relativistic energy with a target nucleus at rest, that has an anomalously short mean free path, comparable to that of a uranium nucleus. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Jain of the State University of New York at Buffalo, the quarry is an elusive particle called the anomalon, apparently created in high-energy collisions between heavy atomic nuclei and atoms in a solid target. If anomalons exist, they could represent a previously unknown and highly reactive state of nuclear matter. |
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