noun
- plural of kaon; subatomic particles that are a type of meson containing a strange quark
Usage: physics
Examples
- Kaons are produced in high-energy particle collisions.
- The physicist studied the decay patterns of kaons in the laboratory.
- Kaons have a relatively short lifespan before they decay into other particles.
- The experiment detected several kaons among the collision debris.
- Kaons play an important role in understanding the strong nuclear force.
- Scientists use particle accelerators to create and observe kaons.