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tau particle [′tau̇ ‚pärd·ə·kəl]

(particle physics)

A heavy, charged lepton with a mass of approximately 1777 megaelectronvolts, observed as a resonance in electron-positron collisions. Also known as tauon.

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tau particle (redirected from Tau lepton)

tau particle
(redirected from Tau lepton)