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    The positron or antielectron is the particle with an electric charge of +1e, a spin of 1/2 (the same as the electron), and the same mass as an electron...
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    neutron while releasing a positron and an electron neutrino (νe). Positron emission is mediated by the weak force. The positron is a type of beta particle...
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    Positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional imaging technique that uses radioactive substances known as radiotracers to visualize and measure changes...
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  • Look up Positron, positron, positrón, or pósitron in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A positron is an elementary particle of antimatter. Positron may also...
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    Electron–positron annihilation occurs when an electron ( e− ) and a positron ( e+ , the electron's antiparticle) collide. At low energies, the result...
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    positron, a muon and an antimuon, or a proton and an antiproton. Pair production often refers specifically to a photon creating an electron–positron pair...
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    component of widely available applications related to beta decay, such as positron emission tomography, radiation therapy, and industrial imaging. In theory...
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    or beta radiation (symbol β), is a high-energy, high-speed electron or positron emitted by the radioactive decay of an atomic nucleus, known as beta decay...
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  • Positron Corporation is an American nuclear medicine healthcare company specializing in cardiac Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging. Positron is...
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    which an atomic nucleus emits a beta particle (fast energetic electron or positron), transforming into an isobar of that nuclide. For example, beta decay...
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    The Large Electron–Positron Collider (LEP) was one of the largest particle accelerators ever constructed. It was built at CERN, a multi-national centre...
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    antiparticle to produce other particles, such as an electron colliding with a positron to produce two photons. The total energy and momentum of the initial pair...
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  • A positronic brain is a fictional technological device, originally conceived by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. It functions as a central processing...
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    Positron emission tomography–computed tomography (better known as PET-CT or PET/CT) is a nuclear medicine technique which combines, in a single gantry...
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    Positron annihilation spectroscopy (PAS) or sometimes specifically referred to as positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) is a non-destructive...
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  • The Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC) is a proposed Chinese electron positron collider for experimenting on the Higgs boson. It would be the world's...
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    of the electron is the positron (also known as an antielectron). While the electron has a negative electric charge, the positron has a positive electric...
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  • The Positronic Man is a 1992 novel by American writers Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg, based on Asimov's 1976 novelette "The Bicentennial Man". It...
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    The Positron–Electron Tandem Ring Accelerator (PETRA) is one of the particle accelerators at the German national laboratory DESY in Hamburg, Germany. At...
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    positron; it is identical to the electron, except that it carries electrical charge of the opposite sign. When an electron collides with a positron,...
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  • injection accelerator that achieves a much lower flux. The first electron-positron colliders were built in late 1950s-early 1960s in Italy, at the Istituto...
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    In quantum electrodynamics, Bhabha scattering is the electron-positron scattering process: e + e − → e + e − {\displaystyle e^{+}e^{-}\rightarrow e^{+}e^{-}}...
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    positrons (the antiparticles of electrons) efficiently while minimizing positron loss due to annihilation, which occurs when an electron and positron...
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    The Beijing Electron–Positron Collider II (BEPC II) is a Chinese electron–positron collider, a type of particle accelerator, located in Shijingshan District...
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    Positronic is a manufacturing company based in Springfield, Missouri. The company manufactures and supplies electronic connectors that are utilized in...
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  • Positron Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois. The label was founded in 1998 by Chris Randall, frontman of the industrial...
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    Positron emission tomography–magnetic resonance imaging (PET–MRI) is a hybrid imaging technology that incorporates magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) soft...
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    Positronium (Ps) is a system consisting of an electron and its anti-particle, a positron, bound together into an exotic atom, specifically an onium. Unlike hydrogen...
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    initial source that provided electrons and positrons to CERN's accelerator complex for the Large Electron–Positron Collider (LEP) from 1989 until 2000. LPI...
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  • career. After leaving Wax Trax! Records, they moved to Randall's own label, Positron! Records. In 2007, the band disbanded, and Randall pursued a solo career...
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