👉 Safer-light particles, often referred to as mesons, are subatomic particles that differ from electrons and protons primarily by their mass and stability. Unlike electrons, which are negatively charged and can be easily accelerated to high energies, mesons are composite particles made up of a quark and an antiquark. This composition makes them significantly more stable and less prone to decay into other particles. As a result, safer-light particles like pions and kaons have much lower interaction cross-sections with matter, reducing the risk of causing damage or radiation exposure when detected or studied. Their stability also means they can be used in various applications, such as particle accelerators, for research without the need for extremely high-energy environments, making them inherently safer to handle and study compared to more unstable particles like muons or neutrinos.
