Concept information
Preferred term
kaon
Definition(s)
- Any of a group of four short-lived mesons distinguished by a quantum number called strangeness. Also called K meson and denoted K. They are positive, negative, or neutral and have a mass of about 495 MeV/c (about 970 times that of an electron). (An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, by M. Heydari-Malayeri, https://dictionary.obspm.fr/index.php?formSearchTextfield=kaon&formSubmit=Search&showAll=1)
Broader concept(s)
Synonym(s)
- K meson
In other languages
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French
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méson K
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-HZ0LR9R1-3
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