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positron

/poz-i-tron/US // ˈpɒz ɪˌtrɒn //UK // (ˈpɒzɪˌtrɒn) //

正电子,正电子的,阳电子,正电子

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Physics.

    • : an elementary particle having the same mass and spin as an electron but having a positive charge equal in magnitude to that of the electron's negative charge; the antiparticle of the electron.

Examples

  • Even humble bananas emit positrons, the electron’s antimatter counterpart.

  • Where electrons have negative electric charge, positrons have positive charge.

  • Physicists also resisted the positron, until it became difficult to ignore.

  • The neutron and positron were both found in laboratories that are small in comparison with today’s, and each discovery was attributed to a single physicist, relatively soon after the particles had been proposed.

  • In the 1930s, antimatter was such a leap that Dirac’s hesitation to propose the positron was understandable.

  • The uncertainty in the positron counts are huge at the high energy end of the AMS-02 results.

  • In fact, the data seem to show positron counts leveling off at high energy, but things are still pretty messy.

  • When the gamma rays enter the sleeve, they interact with that photon gas, annihilating into electron-positron pairs.

  • Another highly regarded method was PET, or positron emission tomography.

  • These units are the positron, the negatron, and the neutron.

  • The design of the electron brain had completely ignored the polarity of the positron.

  • As I am the only scholar in my field—the polarity of the positron—I have never been asked for information.