Classification ( 1 )

Question 1

What is a muon?

Answer 1

A heavy electron

Question 2

What is the charge of a moun?

Answer 2

Muons are negatively charged

Question 3

What is the mass of a muon?

Answer 3

The rest mass of a muon is over 200 times that of an electron

Question 4

What is the charge of a pion?

Answer 4

Can be:
• Positively Charged (π+)
• Negatively Charged (π-)
• Neutral ( π0)

Question 5

What is the charge of kaons?

Answer 5

Kaons can be:
• Positively Charged ( K+ )
• Negatively Charged ( K- )
• Neutral ( K0 )

Question 6

What is the rest mass of a kaon compared to other particles?

Answer 6

Rest mass greater than a pion but less than a proton.

Question 7

What is the rest mass of a pion compared to other particles?

Answer 7

Rest mass greater than a muon, but less than a proton.

Question 8

What does a kaon decay into?

Answer 8

• Pions
Or
• Muon and an anti-neutrino
Or
• Antimuon and an neutrino

Question 9

What does a charged pion decay into?

Answer 9

• Muon and an anti neutrino
OR
• Anti-Muon and a neutrino

Question 10

What does a neutral pion decay into?

Answer 10

High energy photons

Question 11

What does a muon decay into?

Answer 11

• Electron and an anti neutrino

Question 12

What does an anti muon decay into?

Answer 12

• Positron and neutrino