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Tau lepton

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Summary

The third-generation charged lepton, unstable to weak decay.

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Charged leptonTau lepton

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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.

Authored explanation

Tau lepton is a charged lepton.

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The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.

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Third fermion generationTau lepton

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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.

Authored explanation

This particle belongs to the third fermion generation.

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The target is a member or subtype of the broader source class.

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Tau leptonElectric charge

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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.

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This particle carries the indicated electromagnetic charge.

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The target represents a state, property, observable, or state-dependent description associated with the source system or theory.

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Tau leptonTau-lepton discovery

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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.

Authored explanation

Event topologies and missing energy established the tau as a new charged lepton.

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The source theory, law, entity, prediction, or structural claim is directly tested, supported, constrained, or established by the target experiment or observation. Experimental support is not final logical proof; the edge detail states exactly what was measured.

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