Muon
μCommonReal particle, observed in experiments
Fact from the codex
A heavy electron, created in pairs with the antimuon. Lives only 2.2 microseconds – and still reaches the ground thanks to time dilation.
Data
- Appears from ring
- Ring 1 · LHC ring
- Rarity
- Common
- Mass
- 105.7 MeV
- Threshold
- 211.3 MeV
- Base rate
- 30 %
- Boosted by
- Muon chambers
- Resonance
- Tunable as a resonance from ring 7
- Source
- PDG 2026, Review of Particle Physics, Summary Tables (pdg.lbl.gov/2026)
27 km circumference
pair production, 2 × mass
per collision, before threshold factor and detector boost
×1.12 frequency per level (+12 %)
