Electron
e⁻CommonReal particle, observed in experiments
Fact from the codex
Created in pairs with its antiparticle, the positron. This takes at least 1.022 MeV.
Data
- Appears from ring
- Ring 1 · LHC ring
- Rarity
- Common
- Mass
- 511 keV
- Threshold
- 1.022 MeV
- Base rate
- 55 %
- Boosted by
- Calorimeter
- Resonance
- Tunable as a resonance from ring 7
- Source
- PDG 2026, Review of Particle Physics, Summary Tables (pdg.lbl.gov/2026)
27 km circumference
pair production, 2 × mass
per collision, before threshold factor and detector boost
×1.12 frequency per level (+12 %)
