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==Key Stage 5==
===Meaning===
A '''Tauon''' ('''τ''') is a type of [[lepton]] with a [[mass]] much greater than that of an [[electron]] and a [[Electrical Charge|charge]] of -1.60x10<sup>-19</sup> [[Coulomb]]s (the same as an [[electron]]).
===About Tauons===
: '''Tauons''' are [[Fundamental Particle|fundamental particles]] as they are not made of any smaller [[particle]]s.
: '''Tauons''' have a very short [[Half Life|half life]] and will [[Radioactive Decay|decay]] into an [[electron]], a [[tauon-neutrino]] and an [[antielectron-neutrino]].
: '''Tauons''' are affected by the:
:*[[Weak Nuclear Interaction]]
:*[[Electromagnetic Interaction]]
:*[[Gravitational Interaction]]
{| border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse"
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|'''Lepton'''
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|[[Electrical Charge|'''Charge''']]/[[Elementary Charge|e]]
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|'''[[Strangeness]]'''
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|'''[[Conservation of Baryon Number|Baryon Number]]'''
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|'''[[Conservation of Lepton Number|Lepton Number]]'''
|-
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|
[[Tauon]]
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>Q=-1</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>S=0</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>B=0</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>L=+1</math>
|-
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|
[[Tauon-neutrino]]
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>Q=0</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>S=0</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>B=0</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>L=+1</math>
|-
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|
[[Antitauon]]
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>Q=+1</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>S=0</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>B=0</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>L=-1</math>
|-
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|
[[Antitauon-neutrino]]
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>Q=0</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>S=0</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>B=0</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>L=-1</math>
|}
===Meaning===
A '''Tauon''' ('''τ''') is a type of [[lepton]] with a [[mass]] much greater than that of an [[electron]] and a [[Electrical Charge|charge]] of -1.60x10<sup>-19</sup> [[Coulomb]]s (the same as an [[electron]]).
===About Tauons===
: '''Tauons''' are [[Fundamental Particle|fundamental particles]] as they are not made of any smaller [[particle]]s.
: '''Tauons''' have a very short [[Half Life|half life]] and will [[Radioactive Decay|decay]] into an [[electron]], a [[tauon-neutrino]] and an [[antielectron-neutrino]].
: '''Tauons''' are affected by the:
:*[[Weak Nuclear Interaction]]
:*[[Electromagnetic Interaction]]
:*[[Gravitational Interaction]]
{| border="1" style="border-collapse:collapse"
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|'''Lepton'''
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|[[Electrical Charge|'''Charge''']]/[[Elementary Charge|e]]
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|'''[[Strangeness]]'''
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|'''[[Conservation of Baryon Number|Baryon Number]]'''
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|'''[[Conservation of Lepton Number|Lepton Number]]'''
|-
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|
[[Tauon]]
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>Q=-1</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>S=0</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>B=0</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>L=+1</math>
|-
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|
[[Tauon-neutrino]]
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>Q=0</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>S=0</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>B=0</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>L=+1</math>
|-
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|
[[Antitauon]]
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>Q=+1</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>S=0</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>B=0</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>L=-1</math>
|-
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|
[[Antitauon-neutrino]]
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>Q=0</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>S=0</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>B=0</math>
| style="height:20px; width:120px; text-align:center;"|<math>L=-1</math>
|}