antimuon

noun

Meaning

A subatomic particle that acts as the antiparticle of the muon, possessing the same mass but an opposite electric charge.

Examples

  • Researchers detected an antimuon during the high-energy collision experiment.
  • The decay of the antimuon produces a positron, a neutrino, and an antineutrino.

Synonyms: positive muon, muon antiparticle