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Physical Phenomena > Elementary Particles

Preferred term

Elementary Particles  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Fundamental Particle
  • Fundamental Particles
  • Particle, Fundamental
  • Particles, Fundamental

Note

  • IM; includes nucleons, quarks, gluons, neutrinos, strange particles, antiparticles

Scope note

  • Individual components of atoms, usually subatomic; subnuclear particles are usually detected only when the atomic nucleus decays and then only transiently, as most of them are unstable, often yielding pure energy without substance, i.e., radiation.

History note

  • 75(71); BARYONS was heading 1975-84

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004601

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