[ale] Am I the only one that is laughing out load at this question?

Greg Freemyer greg.freemyer at gmail.com
Wed Mar 12 09:06:44 EDT 2008


>  As for a), the embarrassing real source of a childhood nickname "Muon"
>  which I spell as "Meuon" as a unique (now less so) login/moniker
>  is from when I corrected, and insisted I was correct when my high school
>  science teacher said atoms were made of 'Protons Neutrons and Electrons'
>  and I started in with all the other sub-atomic particles, spins, and
>  half-lives..

I thought Muons, etc. were short-lived free particles.  ie. Not in
atoms.  I could be wrong.


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