Assertion: muon | /r/HasProperty | unstable
Facets:
value: relatively
type: DEGREE
value: with a mean lifetime of 2.2
type: OTHER
value: absolutely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: One practical problem with the muon-catalyzed fusion process is that muons are unstable, decaying in about 2.2 μs (in their rest frame).
text: The muon is an unstable particle which exists for only a fraction of a second (about 10-6 seconds) before decaying (usually into an electron, and electron-antineutrino, and a muon ​neutrino).
text: The muon is an unstable subatomic particle with a mean lifetime of 2.2 μs, much longer than many other subatomic particles.
text: Muons are unstable elementary particles and are heavier than electrons and neutrinos but lighter than all other matter particles.
text: Even if muons were absolutely stable, each muon could catalyze, on average, only about 100 d-t fusions before sticking to an alpha particle, which is only about one-fifth the number of muon catalyzed d-t fusions needed for break-even, where as much thermal energy is generated as electrical energy is consumed to produce the muons in the first place, according to Jackson's rough 1957 estimate.
text: Muons are unstable subatomic particles.
text: The muon differs from the electron in that it is unstable, decaying with an average lifetime of 2.2 × 10-6 seconds (2.2 microseconds) decaying into an electron, an electron-antineutrino, and a muon-neutrino.
text: Muons and taus are heavier than electrons and are also unstable.
text: Muons and tauons are unstable, and rapidly decay into electrons and neutrinos in a fraction of a second.
text: A muon is relatively unstable, with a lifetime of only 2.2 microseconds before it decays by the weak force into an electron and two kinds of neutrinos.
text: Muons are unstable and will spontaneously decay into other particles.
text: Muons are unstable and will spontaneously decay into other particles.
text: Another is the muon, an unstable particle with mass 210 times that of the electron.
text: The muon is an unstable subatomic particle with a mean lifetime of 2.2 µs.
text: Muons are unstable elementary particles.