Definition:Positron
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Positron
A positron is an elementary particle which contains a single unit of positive elementary electric charge.
It is the antiparticle to the electron.
Also known as
Older sources refer to the positron as the positive electron.
Also see
Sources
- 1958: C.A. Coulson: Electricity (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text {I}$: Preliminary Survey: $\S 1$. Electrostatics