Classification of Particles Flashcards
What are the two sections of hadrons?
Baryons and Mesons
What makes up hadrons?
Quarks
How many quarks in a hadron
3
How quarks in a boson?
2
Name two types of mesons
Pion and Kaon
What are elementary particles?
They are fundamental particles that have no internal structure. They are the “building blocks” of everything.
What are the two groups of elementary particles?
Bosons and mesons
What integer spin to bosons have?
Whole integer spin
What integer spin do mesons have?
1/2 integer spin
What is affected by the strong interaction?
Hadrons (anything with quarks)
What has no internal structure?
Leptons as they are fundamental particles
What do anti-leptons have?
Opposite electrical charge and opposite lepton number
What lepton number do all leptons have?
+1
What lepton number do antileptons have?
-1
Structure of K0
d, s(bar)