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Mesons

"Mesons" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

Short-lived elementary particles found in cosmic radiation or produced from nuclear disintegration. Their mass is between that of protons and electrons and they can be negative, positive, or neutral. pi-Mesons (pions) are heavier than mu-mesons (muons) and are proposed for cancer radiotherapy because their capture and disintegration by matter produces powerful, but short-lived, secondary radiation.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mesons" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Mesons" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 7 publications over 5 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2014 and 2023
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