Show Electron May Be Named for Myth D By Science Service A name is wanted for the newest particle discovered by science the positive electron Positron has been suggested and andis is widely accepted but many scientists s-ien- s liSts object to it on the grounds that it lacks proper character The most brilliant suggestion however how hw ever has come from Professor Herbert Herbert Her Her- r- r bert of the Imperial College of Science Science Sd- Sd ence erice and Technology in South Ken Ken- He recalled the fact that Electra had a brother Orestes and surely the positive and negative electrons electrons elec elec- are arc like brother and sister He therefore suggested the name Ores SOres ton lon for the positive electron The appropriateness of this rug rug- becomes especially apparent nt when one realizes that the as observed in physics does docs not lot have havea a long life lite but very soon combines with an ordinary electron Th The two annihilate each oth other r. r As' As they disappear disappear dis clis- dis- dis appear appeal their energy enery is given out in the Ute form orm ol of light quanta |