Particle-Alphabet Stew
As physicists kept discovering more and more particles,
they had to decide on a naming convention to
keep track of all these particles. To this end,
they assigned letters from the Greek and
Roman alphabets to individual particles.
Since you already know how to pronounce the
Roman (our) alphabet, here's a pronunciation guide to the Greek alphabet:
Many particle names are more complex words. Check out our handy
pronunciation guide
to particle names so you will know both the
Greek alphabet AND fancy particle names!
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