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neutral particle

[′nü·trəl ′pärd·ə·kəl]
(particle physics)
A particle that carries no electric charge.
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A neutral particle beam weapon would fire atomic particles at near-light speeds towards enemy platforms.
Bakke, "A spin-orbit coupling for a neutral particle from Lorentz symmetry breaking effects in the CPT-odd sector of the Standard Model Extension," International Journal of Modern Physics A, vol.
Neutral particles including massless radiation photons are located on the real energy axis.
The extremely high temperatures necessary for sustained fusion reactions are routinely reached in experimental Tokamaks by supplying energy to the plasma by one or a combination of three methods: compressing the fuel, heating it with an internal electric current, or injecting either superenergetic neutral particles (hydrogen atoms) or high-power microwaves.
In the present work, we study the quantum dynamics of a spin-1/2 neutral particle in the presence of an electric field due to an infinitely long, infinitesimally thin line of charge along the z-axis of the cosmic string, with constant charge density on it.
That is, separated from other particles, the structure [v.sub.e] will behave like a neutral particle. But, if two such particles approach one another, they will be either attracted or repulsed from each other because of van der Waals forces caused by their residual chromaticism and polarisation.
In 1930 Wolfgang Pauli proposed the existence of a lightweight, electrically neutral particle to explain the problem of beta decay--the disintegration of an atomic nucleus through the release of an electron (also called a beta particle).
The neutrino is a neutral particle with little or no mass and very little interaction with other particles.
instruments complete the package: A Wind and Temperature Spectrometer is to measure the electromagnetically neutral winds and neutral particle temperatures around the satellite, as well as concentrations of selected gases.
In that period, the SDI Office statement claims, significant improvements have occured in two DEW technologies: free-electron lasers and neutral particle beams.
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