subatomic particle

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Every time one tiny subatomic particle smashes into another during experiments at the LHC, the impact generates staggering volumes of data – about one petabyte per second.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2024

This means that a single subatomic particle carries the same kinetic energy as a major league pitcher's fast ball and has tens of millions of times more energy than any human-made particle accelerator can achieve.

From Science Daily • Nov. 23, 2023

The largest scientific project in Antarctica, ICECUBE, attempts to quantify and trace an unfathomably small subatomic particle — the neutrino.

From Salon • May 29, 2023

Through what’s called beta-minus decay, a neutron will transform into a proton, spitting out an electron and another subatomic particle called a neutrino in the process.

From Scientific American • Jan. 9, 2023

When a subatomic particle travels very fast, it survives longer than expected before it decays, because its clock is slow.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife