angel particle
angel particle noun: a Majorana particle.
Noun
angel particle (plural angel particles)
- A Majorana particle.
- Zhang proposes that the team's discovery be named the "angel particle" after the Dan Brown novel Angels and Demons, which features a bomb powered by the meeting of matter and antimatter. In the long run, Majoranas could find practical application in making quantum computers more secure.2017 July 21, Michael Irving, “Scientists discover "angel particle" that is its own antiparticle”, in New Atlas
- A team of physicists at Penn State and the University of Wurzburg in Germany led by Cui-Zu Chang, an assistant professor of physics at Penn State studied over three dozen devices similar to the one used to produce the angel particle in the 2017 report. They found that the feature that was claimed...2020 January 3, Sam Sholtis, “The case of the elusive Majorana: The so-called 'angel particle' is still a mystery”, in Phys.Org
Forms of angel particle
| plural | angel particles |
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Origin of angel particle
Named by US researchers in 2017, in reference to Dan Brown's novel Angels & Demons (2000), which involves a bomb made of combined matter and antimatter.
Questions about angel particle
- What does angel particle mean?
- Angel particle means a Majorana particle.
- What part of speech is angel particle?
- Angel particle is a noun.
- What is the plural of angel particle?
- The plural of angel particle is angel particles.
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