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lepton
- In lepton
Stanford Positron-Electron Asymmetric Rings
- In SLAC
subatomic particle
- In subatomic particle: Charged leptons (electron, muon, tau)
work of Perl
- In Martin Lewis Perl

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Christine Sutton

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Invalidated site: Hyperphysics - Leptons, Muons, Tau, Pair Production.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 22, 2024
	Changed tau-electron mass ratio from "approximately 3,500" to "3,477."	Erik Gregersen	Aug 11, 2010
	Added new Web site: Hyperphysics - Leptons, Muons, Tau, Pair Production.	Deepti Mahajan	Mar 05, 2008
	Article revised and updated.	Robert Curley	Jul 20, 2006
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jan 11, 1999
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998