muonium

American

[myoo-oh-nee-uhm] / myuˈoʊ ni əm /

noun

Physics.

an electron and a positively charged muon bound together by electrical attraction in the same manner as the electron and proton in a hydrogen atom.

Etymology

Origin of muonium

1955–60; mu(on) + -onium, probably extracted from positronium

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Technologies developed for the experiment, such as advanced muonium production targets, low energy positron transport systems, and high resolution detectors, may also find uses in fields like materials science and medical research.

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The project is designed to look for an extremely rare event in which muonium, a short lived system made of a positive muon bound to an electron, spontaneously transforms into antimuonium, its antimatter counterpart.

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"The conversion of muonium to antimuonium represents a clean and unique probe of new physics in the leptonic sector," explains the research team.

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The most recent experimental constraint on muonium converting into antimuonium was established in 1999 at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland.

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"Our design integrates advanced beam, muonium production target, and detector technology to isolate the signal from formidable backgrounds," says the team.

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