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Also Known As	mu-meson

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muon-catalyzed fusion lepton electron tau neutrino electron beam

Key People

Carl David Anderson

Carl David Anderson

American physicist

Powell, Cecil Frank

Cecil Frank Powell

British physicist

Césare Mansueto Giulio Lattes

Brazilian physicist