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lambda particle

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lambda particle
An electrically neutral baryon having a mass 2,183 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 2.6 × 10-10 seconds. See Table at subatomic particle.
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Noun1.lambda particle - an electrically neutral baryon with isotopic spin 1
lambda hyperon
hyperon - any baryon that is not a nucleon; unstable particle with mass greater than a neutron
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Moreover, with a means for essentially mass-producing two-lambda nuclei, experimenters now look forward to determining whether lambda particles repel or attract each other--interactions not measurable before.
Window Opens into Strange Nuclei by Weiss, P. / Science News
In the streamer chamber pictures, the indication of lambda particles is a "vee,' a vertex from which two tracks curve away in opposite directions.
On the trail of elemental matter; experiments now being analyzed seek ... by Thomsen, Dietrick E. / Science News
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