A Muon Moment
Muon particles, in quantum instants,
Are properties of a magnetic force
Where protons driven by their constants
Are shot through nickel targets to endorse
The pions into muons that decay
And as these magnets on their axis spin
The particles pop out to boost display
From vacuum into the magnetic ring.
The muon’s turn seeks change by 12 degrees,
To become electrons when they must decay
Into anti-neutrinos, then to cease
Which then appears as moments of delay.
As long as we shoot protons into gold,
The life of muons never shall grow old.
© Joe Lake
(From Scientific Sonnets to be published 2011)
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