Classification of Fundamental Particles Flashcards

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1
Q

What are the 2 things a particles can be split into?

A

hadron
non-hadron

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2
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What are the two types of hadron?

A

baryon
meson

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3
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What are the two types of bayron?

A

proton
neutron

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4
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What are the two types of meson?

A

pions
kaons

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5
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What are the two types of non-hadron?

A

lepton
bason

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6
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What are the four types of lepton?

A

electron
muon
taon
corresponding neutrinos

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7
Q

what are the two types of bason?

A

W+, W-, Z
other exchange particles

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8
Q

Which type of particle interacts with the strong force and which does NOT interact with it?

A

Hadrons DO interact with the strong force
Non-hadrons do NOT respond to the strong force

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9
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What type of particle is a proton?

A

hadron
baryon

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10
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What type of particle is a neutron?

A

hadron
baryon

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11
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What type of particle is a pion?

A

hadron
meson

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12
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What type of particle is a kaon?

A

hadron
meson

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13
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What type of particle is a electron?

A

non-hadron
lepton

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14
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What type of particle is a muon?

A

non-hadron
lepton

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15
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What type of particle is a taon?

A

non-hadron
lepton

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16
Q

What type of particle is a neutrino?

A

non-hadron
lepton

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17
Q

What type of particle is a W+/W-/Z?

A

non-hadron
bason

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18
Q

What type of particle is an exchange particle?

A

non-hadron
bason

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19
Q

What type of particle is a baryon?

A

hadron

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20
Q

What type of particle is a meson?

A

hadron

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21
Q

What type of particle is a lepton?

A

non-hadron

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22
Q

What type of particle is a bason?

A

non-hadron

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23
Q

What things must be conserved during an interaction?

A

mass
energy
momentum
charge
baryon number
lepton number

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24
Q

What baryon number do baryons have?

A

+1

25
Q

What baryon number do anti-baryons have?

A

-1

26
Q

What baryon number do non-baryons have?

A

0

27
Q

What lepton number do leptons have?

A

+1

28
Q

What lepton number do anti-leptons have?

A

-1

29
Q

What lepton number do non-leptons have?

A

0

30
Q

What are the 3 types of quarks that we need to know?

A

up
down
strange

31
Q

What is the charge of an up quark?

A

+2/3 e

32
Q

What is the charge of a down quark?

A

-1/3 e

33
Q

What is the charge of a strange quark?

A

-1/3 e

34
Q

What is the baryon number of an up quark?

A

+1/3

35
Q

What is the baryon number of a down quark?

A

+1/3

36
Q

What is the baryon number of a strange quark?

A

+1/3

37
Q

What is the strangeness of an up quark?

A

0

38
Q

What is the strangeness of a down quark?

A

0

39
Q

What is the strangeness of a strange quark?

A

-1

40
Q

What is the combination of quarks for a neutron?

A

down
up
down

41
Q

What is the combination of quarks for an anti-neutron?

A

anti-down
anti-up
anti-down

42
Q

What is the combination of quarks for a proton?

A

up
up
down

43
Q

What is the combination of quarks for an anti-proton?

A

anti-up
anti-up
anti-down

44
Q

What is the combination of quarks for a baryon?

A

quark, quark, quark
or
anti-quark, anti-quark, anti-quark

45
Q

What is the combination of quarks for a meson?

A

quark, anti-quark
or
anti-quark, quark

46
Q

What is the combination of quarks for a pion plus?

A

up
anti-down

47
Q

What is the combination of quarks for a pion minus?

A

anti-up
down

48
Q

What is the anti-particle of a pion plus?

A

pion minus

49
Q

What is the anti-particle of a pion minus?

A

pion plus

50
Q

What is the combination of quarks for pion 0

A

down, anti-down
or
up, anti-up

51
Q

What is the anti-particle of a pion 0?

A

pion 0 (itself)

52
Q

What property do all kaons have?

A

strangeness

53
Q

What is the combination of quarks for a kaon plus?

A

up
anti-strange

54
Q

What is the combination of quarks for a kaon minus?

A

anti-up
strange

55
Q

What is the anti-particle of a kaon plus?

A

kaon minus

56
Q

What is the anti-particle of a kaon minus?

A

kaon plus

57
Q

What is the combination of quarks for a kaon 0?

A

down
anti-strange

58
Q

What is the combination of quarks for anti-kaon 0?

A

strange
anti-down

59
Q

What is the anti-particle of a kaon 0?

A

anti-kaon 0