Pion Decay

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A pion () decays into two high-energy photons () that deposit their energy (shown in red) in a detector. Predicted by Yukawa in 1949, pions play an important role in explaining the low-energy properties of the strong force that holds atomic nuclei together. The strong force is described further in Unit 2. (Unit: 1)