Charged particle

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In physics, a charged particle is a particle with an electric charge. It may be an ion, such as a molecule or atom with a surplus or deficit of electrons relative to protons. It can also be an electron or a proton, or another elementary particle, which are all believed to have the same charge^[1] (except antimatter). Another charged particle may be an atomic nucleus devoid of electrons, such as an alpha particle.

A plasma is a collection of charged particles, atomic nuclei and separated electrons, but can also be a gas containing a significant proportion of charged particles.

Charges are arbitrarily labeled as positive(+) or negative(-). Only the existence of two 'types' of charges is known, there isn't anything inherent about positive charges that makes them positive, and the same goes for the negative charge.

Examples[]

Positively charged particles[]

• protons and atomic nuclei
• positrons (antielectrons)
• alpha particles
• positive charged pions
• cations

Negatively charged particles[]

• electrons
• antiprotons
• muons
• tauons
• negative charged pions
• anions

Particles without an electric charge[]

• neutrons
• photons
• neutrinos
• neutral pions
• z boson
• higgs boson
• atoms

References[]

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• "Specific Ionization & LET". www.mun.ca. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
• "α입자와 물질과의 상호작용". Radiation & biology & etc. 25 April 2012. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
• "7_1.3 The Bragg Curve". www.med.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
• "range | particle radiation". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2016-06-21.

External links[]

• Charged particle motion in E/B Field

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