mesonicadj.
/miːˈzɒnɪk/, /miːˈsɒnɪk/, /mɛˈzɒnɪk/, /mɛˈsɒnɪk/, U.S. /miˈzɑnɪk/, /mɛˈzɑnɪk/, /meɪˈzɑnɪk/, /miˈsɑnɪk/, /mɛˈsɑnɪk/, /meɪˈsɑnɪk/ Particle Physics.
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1939 Nature 8 July 78/1 The most important problem is the construction of a classical model of the heavy mass by means of a mesonic field in the same manner as the electronic mass is built up from an electromagnetic field.
1954 Physical Rev. 96 1145 The effects of vacuum polarization on the energy levels of π and μ mesonic atoms are computed.
1968 M. S. Livingston Particle Physics vi. 122 The first estimate of the mass of the muon came from studies of the ionization density of the tracks of mesonic particles in cloud chamber photographs of cosmic rays.
1995 Nucl. Physics B. 443 216 The mesonic currents couple to the abelian gauge potential.
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