Physics A-Level
Positron
What Positron means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Positron
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Antiparticle of the electron, with charge +1 rather than -1.
Topics that use Positron
- Particles, antiparticles and photons (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Annihilation
- Annihilation energy calculations
- Antiparticle
- Charge and quantum number symmetry
- Conservation laws in particle interactions
- Pair production
- Photon
- Photon model
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