antinucleus

noun

antinucleus

noun

Etymology From anti- + nucleus.

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Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Particle The nucleus of an antiatom

  • In 1970, a more complex antinucleus, antihelium-3 (iHe), was discovered in the USSR.1987, K. N. Mukhin, Experimental Nuclear Physics: Elementary particle physics, page 134:
  • In principle the energy should have been enough for the production of even heavier antinuclei.1994, Sven Kullander, Kullander Sven, Börje Larsson, Out of Sight!: From Quarks to Living Cells, →ISBN, page 218:

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