An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

English-French-Persian

فرهنگ ریشه‌شناختی اخترشناسی-اخترفیزیک

Homepage  Preliminaries  Abbreviations  Acknowledgments  References 
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
beta particle
  ذره‌ی ِ بتا  
zarre-ye betâ (#)
Fr.: particule bêta  

An → electron or a → positron emitted from an unstable nucleus during a → radioactive process known as → beta decay.

See also: The term “beta particle” relates to the early history of the → radioactivity studies when the nature of the emergent particles was not elucidated; → particle.